Possible carbon dioxide leaks at GorgonEnvironmental concerns are being raised at the A$50b Gorgon gas project in Western Australia, with news that carbon dioxide may leak from underneath Barrow Island, where the greenhouse gas emissions are to be buried.
Greenhouse gas emissions
Ethanol: Not really all that green
The production and distribution of ethanol as an alternative motor vehicle fuel source will increase greenhouse gas emissions over conventional fuels, writes Bernard Keane.
Setting Sydney’s coast on fire
Energie Future has applied for licences to explore for coal deposits to use in a gasification project that would involve the deposits being set alight to produce gas, writes Bernard Keane.
Tall tales from the carbon crypt
There are quirky things about carbon sequestration, which is seen as a key to clean coal technologies, writes Ben Sandilands.
State of the planet
Minister to press Japan on hybrid cars … Radiohead star launches emissions campaign … The rhetoric of slavery and climate change … Half the Amazon rainforest will be lost within 20 years … Haul aboard
State of the planet
Sumatran deforestation driving climate change and species extinction … Hungry for change in a world gorged on profit … Doomsday seed vault kicks into action … Top US water utilities to study climate change
Garnaut’s in and now Labor actually has to do something
In the lead up to 24 November, greenhouse was a useful point of differentiation for the ALP. Now it’s something they have to do something about, writes Christian Kerr.
State of the planet
Dire new warning on climate … China: going green, going it alone … Bill orders firm steps to make state ‘greener’ … Scientists capture giant Antarctic sea creatures … Watching over the offsetters
Garnaut talks tough — and looks north
Many Australians view PNG as a nation propped up by Australian aid dollars, but in last night’s curtain-raiser to today’s release of his interim report, Professor Ross Garnaut highlighted the nation could come to our rescue as we look for massive, low cost carbon abatement, writes Murray Griffin.
State of the planet
Winemakers mull climate change at Barcelona conference … Seeking sustainability in a world of instability … Oases in the sky are a growing trend in our concrete jungles … GM crop trial locations may be hidden from public … For ‘EcoMoms,’ saving earth begins at home
State of the planet
Alarm as Indian tiger numbers fall to 1,400 … Stabilizing climate requires cutting emissions to zero … Back to the future on energy … Drought killing wildlife: ‘never dry as this’ … No pristine oceans left, new map shows
State of the planet
Global meltdown: scientists isolate areas most at risk of climate change … World eyes grand plan of payoffs to preserve trees, protect climate … Carbon disclosure project asks 3000 companies for eco-info … The dangers of short-termism
State of the planet
Acts must be local to change things global … Winds of war … Scientists succeed In protecting the ‘green lungs’ of Europe … Report reveals ‘alarming’ rate of mangrove habitat loss
State of the planet
Stern report attacked for ‘advocacy’ … Change the law, not just the light bulbs -Gore … Water as critical as climate change … Climate change to hit health above economy: study … Organic Cuba without fossil fuels
State of the planet
EU aims for moral high ground with swingeing climate change package … Climate change: The latest hot issue … Climate change ‘will lead to warfare over food and water’ … Warming may reduce hurricanes hitting U.S.
Bali: A Crikey Q&A
So, let’s get this straight…
We will all pay for Howard’s hidden greenhouse debt
After checking the books, the Labor Government has said that there is no hidden Howard debt. But Mr Rudd has discovered in Bali this week that John Howard has left him something much worse than a budget blow-out — a huge greenhouse debt. Clive Hamilton writes.
State of the planet
At Bali climate change meeting, a hard look at Kyoto … Wind turbines could fuel all homes by 2020 … ‘Green jobs’ to outweigh losses from climate change … Climate pinch on Australia … Demonstrators across world call for action to stop climate change catastrophe
Hamilton: Rudd at Bali and Beyond
When Kevin Rudd announces to the plenary session of the UN climate change conference in Bali in two weeks’ time that Australia will ratify the Kyoto Protocol he will receive an ovation like no other in his life, writes Clive Hamilton.
Our greenhouse emissions growing at 38%
Growth in greenhouse gas emissions from Australia’s energy sector is out of control, exceeding by nearly eight times the average growth in emissions from other developed nations, according to researchers at the ANU.
Climate change: Playb*y called it in 1980
The basic science on the cause and impacts of climate change hasn’t changed since the first IPCC report in 1990. In fact the language was clear and direct, compared with some of the later efforts, just ask Playboy, writes Maria Taylor.
What turned the Liberal party off climate change action?
A week out from polling day it’s safe to say John Howard has left it too late to commit to any emission reduction target for Australia. On that basis, voters are entitled to know just how poorly the Howard government’s current position compares with the Liberal Party’s previous policy commitments, writes Guy Pearse.
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Four is Kyoto’s magic number … spin and politics … Flint on the media … interest rates … advertising and editorial … revealing all discussion in Cabinet …
Will “that f—king c—t” sign Kyoto?
Crikey understands that John Howard’s Environment Minister, Malcolm Turnbull says signing Kyoto would be “worth three per cent” for the Coalition vote, writes Christian Kerr.
“Fantastic plastic” to defuse extreme green causes
The CSIRO is part of this morning’s announcement of a “fantastic plastic” material that could make desalination much less destructive. Science has a way of overtaking extreme green causes and neutralising them, writes Ben Sandilands.
