Religious Leaders Call For Action On Climate Change
Friday, 08 August 2008
In an historic move, a group of Australia’s religious leaders have banded together and signed an open letter to the Federal Government, calling for immediate and decisive action on climate change.
 
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Nelson “comes in from the cold” on Climate Change
Wednesday, 30 July 2008
The Climate Institute today welcomed the move by Brendan Nelson and the Coalition to step back from a climate policy deep freeze, but said all parties needed to back strong pollution reduction and investment targets as Australia is itself a major emitter – ranked in the top 20.
 
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Coalition risks heading into the cold on climate policy
Tuesday, 29 July 2008
More than two thirds (69 per cent) of Australians support the introduction of an emissions trading scheme by or before the Government’s starting point of 2010 with around 1 in 10 (13 per cent) opposing it, according to a Galaxy poll released today.
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Generators report shows investment potential in clean energy
Friday, 25 July 2008
The electricity generators report released today shows that the Government’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme can be a clean energy “investment engine” for the Australian economy.
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Good but not Great on the Green Paper
Wednesday, 16 July 2008
It’s a good but not great day in Australia’s battle against Climate Change, the independent Climate Institute said after the release of the Government’s Green Paper.
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Australia’s urgent need to boost energy efficiency and productivity
Sunday, 13 July 2008

Australia will squander opportunities to cut the cost of reducing emissions unless it tackles its poor performance in energy efficiency and productivity, according to an expert report released by the Climate Institute today.

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New powerful climate alliance to drive tough and fair solutions
Monday, 07 July 2008
southerncrossclimatecoalition.jpg For the first time peak social, union, research and environmental organisations have formed an historic and powerful alliance to tackle climate change.
 
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