Silver lining in floods for farmers
A STATE of disaster has been declared in southwest Queensland to allow police to forcibly evacuate residents of the flooded town of Charleville.
Climate
‘I sent awful climate change emails’
A BRITISH climate researcher has admitted he wrote some “pretty awful” emails to sceptics when he was refusing their requests for data.
Gore concedes mistakes made
AL Gore has admitted the UN panel on climate change that shared the Nobel Peace Prize with him made mistakes.
Obama climate plan faces axe
THE push for climate change legislation in the US has taken a dramatic turn as consensus builds to dump a cap-and-trade scheme.
Cyclone climate link rejected
RESEARCH by hurricane scientists undermines claims that greenhouse gas emissions have caused an increase in the number of tropical storms.
Buy our stock to keep us afloat: insulators
ONE of Australia’s biggest insulation companies has pressed the federal government for a bailout of the industry and recommended performance bonds.
Rescue package offers little comfort
STEVE Young’s insulation company was forced to sack 100 workers after the federal government’s botched insulation rebate was axed a fortnight ago.
Tsunami races across Pacific to Hawaii and Asia
A TSUNAMI triggered by a powerful earthquake that rocked Chile is racing across the Pacific Ocean towards Hawaii and Asia at about 720 km per hour.
Tsunami alert for Asia and Hawaii
A TSUNAMI triggered by a powerful earthquake that rocked Chile is racing across the Pacific Ocean towards Hawaii and Asia at about 720 km per hour.
Rorts in foil inspections
Dodgy insulation companies have been accused of rorting the government’s $19 million program to check 48,000 homes with foil insulation.
Wong hits switch for renewables
THE Rudd government has revamped its stalled renewable energy target scheme to head off job losses and a “strike” by investors.
Rudd punishes Garrett over insulation
KEVIN Rudd has stripped Environment Minister Peter Garrett of climate change roles in the fallout from the $2.4 billion home insulation fiasco.
Wong splits renewable energy scheme
PENNY Wong today split the contentious renewable energy target scheme into two in an attempt to prevent a looming investment “strike”.
Wong sets price for energy producers
PENNY Wong today moved to encourage smaller renewable energy projects by guaranteeing $40 per megawatt hour of electricity.
Climate change to send English north
MASS migration northwards to new towns may be needed to cope with climate change and water shortages in England’s south east.
Woolly claims on insulation
FAR from cutting energy use, home insulation may cause it to rise.
I’m to blame for bungled scheme: Rudd
KEVIN Rudd has expressed disappointment in his handling of the bungled home insulation scheme, admitting he should have asked more questions.
Belief in climate change dives
PUBLIC conviction in Britain about the threat of climate change has plummeted after months of questions over the science.
ETS fairyland fractures
THE Rudd government stares down the gun barrel of one of the greatest policy and political retreats of the past generation.
Climate wars give science bad name
UNIVERSITY leaders are pressing for a campaign to restore the intellectual and moral authority of Australian science in the wake of the climate wars.
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