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Summaries - Australian Financial Review Monday 21/7/2008 Page: 1 A proposal to give parliament the task of annually setting carbon reduction targets in an emissions trading scheme (ETS) looks set to be scrapped by the Rudd Government. The proposal is part of the Government"s green paper on the form of an ETS. Senior ministers are reportedly concerned that the target would become a ‘rolling argument," subject to political lobbying. Earlier proposals for an ETS including Ross Garnaut"s draft report suggested a system incorporating an independent carbon bank which would operate similarly to the Reserve Bank of Australia, making regular adjustments to targets based on medium term goals set by government. Shadow treasurer Malcolm Turnbull has accused the government of failing to ‘clarify…crucial details" before releasing its green paper on the scheme. Minister for Climate Change Penny Wong has indicated that the government will be conducting an advertising campaign to promote the green paper but did not reveal the budget for that campaign, saying only that it would be nothing like what the Howard government spent on promoting WorkChoices, one of several Howard government advertising campaigns federal Labor were quick to criticise due to the expense involved.
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The net energy cliff Charles Hall, the father of the energy return on investment (EROI) concept, once told me that our current society would probably not be able to function if the EROI for the entire society slipped below five.What does that mean? First,... Read more Policy | | Sunday, 14 September 2008 |
Steve Rayner: Dear Mr. President, Deal with Climate ChangeSteve Rayner, climate policy expert and lead author of The Wrong Trousers: Radically Rethinking Climate Policy (PDF), is featured in this month"s Wired Magazine. He"s on the "2008 Smart List: 15 People the Next President Should Listen To" (no matter... Read more Policy | | Wednesday, 1 October 2008 |
Time Scales and Quality of Life: How they define our FutureSince before Roe vs. Wade (1973) … the United States populace has been divided on how to treat the current/potential “quality of life” of the unborn who are not capable of expressing will of their own. For the past 20... Read more Policy | | Thursday, 22 November 2007 |
Alternative fuels taxes may be scrappedAustralianFriday 18/7/2008 Page: 4NEW taxes on alternative fuels including LPG could be delayed or scrapped by the Rudd Government under a compensation deal to balance the inflationary impact of its carbon trading scheme. In a separate measure, Treasurer Wayne Swan... Read more Policy | | Augustonday, 11 August 2008 |
Deregulated vs. Regulated Energy PricesIn Texas in 1999, Senate Bill 7 created a deregulated electricity market within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). Some areas opted not to join into the fun of a deregulated market, where consumers could choose their retail electricity... Read more Policy | | TUSEDAY, 4 December 2007 |
Landmark study reports breakdown in biotech patent system - scientists call for overhaul of IP laws worldwide The world"s intellectual property (IP) system is broken. It"s stopping lifesaving technologies from reaching the people who need them most in developed and developing countries, according to the authors of a landmark report released in Ottawa today by an international... Read more Policy | | TUSEDAY, 9 September 2008 |
Review: Lester Brown's Plan B 3.0: Mobilizing to Save Civilization You may want to read this book by starting with Part II. Either that or make sure all the knives are locked away so you won't slit your wrists during Part I.Lester Brown has his facts straight and uses them liberally,... Read more Policy | John | Sunday, 31 August 2008 |
New Energy BillThe US Congress passed an energy bill yesterday and Bush signed it into law. It is both a step backward and forward for energy policy. See this CS Monitor article for a synopsis.Creating a higher CAFE standard to get to... Read more Policy | | Thursday, 20 December 2007 |
Some elements of a proper energy policyA proper Energy Policy in the United States would promote (1) clarity of purpose, (2) diversification of use of energy resources, and (3) more transparent and accurate pricing of energy such that the market (consumers and energy companies) can properly... Read more Policy | John | Thursday, 22 November 2007 |
The information society and its limitsThe breathtaking expansion of the Internet and the sources of information now available on it have served to conjure a cybernetic vision of unlimited growth--growth that can never be slowed for long by lack of physical resources because it is... Read more Policy | | Sunday, 8 February 2009 |
Royalties in KindIt almost reads like the latest thriller. Just as the Congress is about to consider compromise legislation to expand the portions of the US offshore that are available for oil and gas drilling, and with another major hurricane headed directly... Read more Policy | | Friday, 12 September 2008 |
Renewable Sector in the US to Grow Post Presidential ElectionsResearch and Markets: Renewable Sector in the US to Grow Post Presidential Elections as Energy Security and Environmental Problems Have Become a Major Cause of Concern for the US EconomyResearch and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/78745b/renewable_sector_i) has announced the addition of GlobalData"s new... Read more Policy | | Saturday, 7 February 2009 |
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