Reason clouded by carbon
Scientists need to remain open to competing views and avoid being locked into tunnel vision on carbon emissions.Feature - Peter Schwerdtfeger - posted 29/6/2009

The 'green' bandwagon: skin-deep and paper-thin?
When Miranda Kerr bared all for the animals it generated plenty of free publicity for 'Rolling Stone' magazine.Media - Tim Wallace - posted 29/6/2009

Ranking the CPRS: a one-model beauty contest
Why would Australia unilaterally tax its exports, and effectively subsidise its imports, for no global carbon emissions reduction? Environment - Geoff Carmody - posted 29/6/2009

The return of the political wedgie: is this the Greens' GST moment?
The Rudd Government’s revised climate change legislation is an atomic-sized double wedgie.Domestic Politics - Reece Kirwin - posted 29/6/2009

Australian Government Media Releases

Wilkins ice-shelf 50 years of the Antarctic Treaty Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research report Australian biodiversity climate change US position on climate change Wolfensohn appointment - Transcript, 6 April 2009
PORTFOLIO: Environment, Water, Heritage and the ArtsURL: http://www.environment.gov.au/minister/garrett/2009/pubs/tr20090406.pdf
SNIPPET: THE HON PETER GARRETT AM MP MINISTER FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, HERITAGE AND THE ARTS TRANSCRIPT E&ampOE TRANSCRIPT ABC TV LATELINE INTERVIEW FROM WASHINGTON DC WITH TONY JONES 6 APRIL 2009 SUBJECTS: Wilkins ice-shelf 50 years of the Antarctic Treaty Scientific Committee on Antarctic Research report Australian biodiversity climate change US position on climate change Wolfensohn appointment. JONES: A short time ago I spoke to the Environment Minister Peter Garrett in our Washington studio. Peter Garrett, thanks for joining us.

Think climate, think change schools competition, US climate policy, International negotiations on climate change - transcript 6 April 2009
PORTFOLIO: Environment, Water, Heritage and the ArtsURL: http://www.environment.gov.au/minister/wong/2009/tr20090406.html
SNIPPET: You are here: &raquo Transcripts. Thanks very much for coming, its great to be with you here at Cammeray to talk to students who wrote to me about climate change issues, and to talk to students about what their ideas are about how Australia should respond to climate change. This is a stark reminder to those politicians that don't want action on climate change, that we need action on climate change.

Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme - Fuel Tax Adjustment Arrangements http://www.treasury.gov.au/contentitem.asp?NavId=037&ContentID=1516

School kids to speak to PM about climate change - media release 6 April 2009
PORTFOLIO: Environment, Water, Heritage and the ArtsURL: http://www.environment.gov.au/minister/wong/2009/mr20090406.html
SNIPPET: You are here: &raquo 2009. Senator Wong visited Cammeray Public School in North Sydney to launch the competition, after receiving letters from Cammeray students about climate change earlier this year. Schools will receive a special resource kit that will include information about the competition and fast facts on climate change at the start of Term 2.

Cap or Tax? Key Questions and Answers

Debate is raging about the relative merits of a carbon tax or a cap and trade system as the centerpiece of federal legislation to reduce emissions that fuel global warming. Here is why cap and trade must be the U.S. policy instrument of choice.

Greenhouse Green Paper’s Costs

The burden of the Rudd Government's climate change plan will be carried by Australia's big business, particularly those operating in the resources sector. From the Green Paper it would seem resources companies have been chosen because they can afford to pay, they ...