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Yarra Climate Action Now

Yarra Climate Action Now

Yarra Climate Action Now is an independent community group based in inner-city Melbourne made up of individuals who are concerned about the climate crisis.

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Melbourne By-election Scorecard Released

Posted on 10 July 2012 (Permalink)
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MEDIA RELEASE The influential Vote Climate candidate analysis has been released for the Melbourne by-election. Put together by local community groups, Vote Climate ranks and analyses the global warming policies of candidates via a questionnaire and independent research. “Our aim is to sort the wheat from the chaff and provide the voting public with information”, [...]

update from COAG

Posted on 14 April 2007 (Permalink)

Unsurprisingly news from COAG (in this morning’s Age) Premiers, PM fail to agree on climateMr Howard rejected a proposal by the states to set up a national carbon emissions trading scheme by 2010, with a target of cutting emissions to 60 per cent of 2000 levels by 2050.Despite the impasse, Prime Minister John Howard described [...]

Australia ignoring solar power

Posted on 10 April 2007 (Permalink)

for your interest:follow this link to see a transcript of the 7:30 Report from 31st of January this year. Interview with David Mills,one of Australia’s leading solar innovators, regarding the lack of interest in his technology from government and energy associations in this country.

Closer to home….

Posted on 3 April 2007 (Permalink)

again in the Age todayBusiness counters PM to back emissions targets“AUSTRALIA’S top companies say the country must set concrete targets to cut greenhouse gas emissions over the next 30 years as the centrepiece of policies to combat climate change.”This is in response to Howard’s recent attack on emissions targets as proposed by opposition leader Kevin [...]

A positive sign

Posted on 3 April 2007 (Permalink)

In todays Age – US ruling hailed by climate change activists.we can only hope this is a sign of positive things to come both for the US and ultimately for ourselves