How can the PM claim to be serious about carbon emissions while boosting our exports of coal, asks Greenpeace campaigner Emma Pittaway?
Coal industry
Coming clean on geosequestration technology
A great deal of research is underway to develop cheaper and more efficient ways to capture the CO2, writes Dr Peter Cook.
Is Rudd’s plan really a slap in the coal face?
Environment Minister Malcolm Turnbull yesterday claimed that Labor’s MRET target of 20% by 2020 was like “slapping the coal industry in the face.” Undeterred by the uncomfortable conflict between juggling the Environment portfolio and also leaping to the defence of the coal industry, Turnbull said Mr Rudd had “slammed the door in the face of the coal industry”, by not including clean coal technology in the ALP’s policy.
Look who’s sleeping with Howard now
John Howard’s bed is starting to get a little crowded. Who’s in there today? None other than Howard’s Mini-me Kevin Rudd. At least so say the Greens who’ve released an ad sending up Labor’s ad sending up Prime Minister John Howard’s inaction on climate change (click on the pic below to watch the clip or press down here). According […]
