From the Age today:Wind farm proposal dropped“Energy giant AGL has formally dumped a controversial $140 million wind farm in South Gippsland.The company originally put the 48-turbine Dollar wind farm on hold last October and yesterday confirmed it was pulling out altogether. AGL said the project was less financially attractive than others under consideration. The project [...]

From GRIST newsA Jury Of Your PyrrhusG8 climate deal is failure or triumph, depending whom you askThursday last week the G8 agreed to a climate deal it’s been fine-tuning for weeks. It notably did not commit to German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s goal of cutting greenhouse-gas emissions 50 percent by 2050, but it did say countries [...]

Far from the desired target of ‘zero emissions now’, the PM has again taken a less than proactive role in the fight against climate change. John Howard says Australia will set a carbon emissions target next year. Speaking at the Liberal Party’s Federal Council today, Mr Howard laid out the Government’s policy to tackle climate [...]

Heartening news : The nation’s leading scientific body, the CSIRO, has undermined Prime Minister John Howard’s position on climate change by advising that big cuts in greenhouse gas emissions appear to be both inevitable and affordable for Australia. (click The Age for full story)