Australian Government Media Releases

Response to Senator Fielding's questions about the climate change science - 24 June 2009
http://www.environment.gov.au/minister/wong/2009/tr20090624c.html
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Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme - transcript 24 June 2009
http://www.environment.gov.au/minister/wong/2009/tr20090624b.html
Lets remember this is why not just Australia, but the US, the United Kingdom, Europe, Japan, China - all these nations are acting on climate change because the threat is present and the threat is real. I think it is the way we can understand the Oppositions attempt to delay the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, the bill in the Senate this week, is that they have had to delay it because they dont have a unified position.

Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme - transcript 24 June 2009
http://www.environment.gov.au/minister/wong/2009/tr20090624a.html
We are very well Penny Wong, our listeners would have heard that Nick Xenophon, South Australian Senator, independent Senator, is asking for this important piece of legislation to be deferred - a matter of weeks, maybe two or three months - you'll be going in in just a moment saying no let's get it on today. It is really quite extraordinary that on this, such an important public policy issue, that the Liberal Party don't have the courage of their convictions, they haven't put forward a single amendment - they just don't want to debate it.

Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, fake email scandal - transcript 24 June 2009
PORTFOLIO: Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts
URL: http://www.environment.gov.au/minister/wong/2009/tr20090624.html
Is that right now? Is that - the prospect that this will be delayed and that there won't be a vote until August, is that inevitable?. Well I think it really is incumbent upon Mr Turnbull to come clean on this issue and to disclose fully whatever dealings he has had in relation to this fake email.

Media release from Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government Portfolio
URL: http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/media/pressreleases/pr20_09.asp
SNIPPET: Airservices Australia and Naverus today signed a contract that will lay the foundations for the worlds first nationwide performance-based navigation (PBN) network, delivering significant reductions in aircraft emissions and noise, reduced flight miles and substantial fuel savings. The new RNP procedures will be similar to those designed by Naverus for the 2007 Brisbane Green Trial, conducted by Airservices and Qantas. Naverus CEO Steve Forte said the company was delighted to continue the partnership with Airservices on a leading environmental initiative.

QinetiQ downplays solar flight possibilities

By author@nospam.vnunet.com (James Murray) on technology

James Murray, BusinessGreen, Tuesday 26 August 2008 at 11:52:00

It may have just broken the world record for solar powered flight, but the engineering firm reckons commercially viable manned flight remains "highly unlikely"

Those hoping that the new solar powered Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) that last week undertook a world-beating three and half day continuous flight could prove a forerunner for commercially-viable manned...

EU and UK on collision course over aviation carbon-trading deal

By James Murray on News

James Murray, BusinessGreen, Wednesday 13 August 2008 at 12:07:00

European Parliament proposal to ensure cash from auctioning carbon credits to airlines goes to fund green projects looks set to be rejected by the UK

The European Parliament and the UK government are reportedly at loggerheads over the plan to bring the aviation industry into the European Union's emissions trading scheme (ETS) with the UK...