The whole point of introducing an emissions trading scheme is to make sure that polluting industries phase out and are replaced with cleaner alternatives, renewable energy and energy efficiency programmes. [1]
While the Australian Federal opposition dithers on passing the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) legislation which would enable carbon trading, Australia’s weather gets hotter and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘carbon emissions’
CPRS: Carbon Politics Renders Squat
Posted in Energy, tagged Australia, carbon emissions, carbon trading, climate change, coal, CPRS, Dissent, emissions trading scheme, fossil fuel dependence, government, green wash, greenhouse gas emissions, renewable energy, Weather on 6 January 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Government Visions
Posted in Energy, tagged Australia, carbon emissions, climate change, coal, fossil fuel dependence, government, green wash, greenhouse gas emissions on 12 July 2009 | 4 Comments »
I just read Quarry Vision by Guy Pearse. I’m a bit slow because it’s no longer the most recent issue of Quarterly Essay. When it came out I wasn’t sure if I wanted to read it. I assumed it was more of Pearse’s results from his PhD thesis on Australia’s greenhouse mafia, otherwise known [...]
On yer bike
Posted in Perth, tagged bike, carbon emissions, cycling, Family, public transport, town planning on 11 October 2008 | 2 Comments »
I scored a bike. Chris has gone to Canada for seven months to work and he left his bike in my loving care. While Chris is in Vancouver (via Perth, via Warwick, Qld) he’s going to be my North American blog correspondent. Chris aka Dr Jones is a real doc. You won’t be able [...]
Leave the Trees
Posted in Western Australia, tagged carbon emissions, forest, indigenous fauna, indigenous flora, industry, land clearing, land development, reptiles, trees on 2 July 2008 | 2 Comments »
Last month the WA Department of Conservation announced a review of WA’s native vegetation clearing legislation. This is aimed at improving the processes and environmental outcomes. WA State Environment Minister David Templeman said,
The review will examine the Environmental Protection (Clearing of Native Vegetation) Regulations 2004, and those parts of the Environmental Protection Act 1986 that [...]
Eating Locally
Posted in Perth, tagged carbon emissions, farmers market, Garden, greenhouse gas emissions, local food, organic, sustainable living on 24 May 2008 | 2 Comments »
Start small and build up your production as your skills increase and you will soon discover the unbridled joy that growing your own food can give – and you can bask in the glow of knowing you are doing your bit – The Diggers Club [1]
I just got The Diggers Club Winter Garden catalogue and [...]
If the price of electricity rises…
Posted in Energy, tagged carbon emissions, fossil fuel dependence, government, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gas emissions on 4 May 2008 | Leave a Comment »
…use less electricity.
The daily Perth newspaper has been running lots of articles about the projected rise in electricity prices in the next few years. At the start of April the price increase was thought to be
10% in 2009-10, with similar annual increases to be phased in over the following six to eight years. [1]
In [...]
Cheap Coal for Sure (CCS)
Posted in Energy, tagged Australia, carbon emissions, fossil fuel dependence, government, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gas emissions, greenwash, Indigenous Australians, mining on 25 April 2008 | 9 Comments »
I know I should try to write shorter posts, but once I get started, I can’t seem to stop. So make a cuppa before you start reading.
The New South Wales state government is about to privatise NSW’s electricity generation and the retail electricity market. Former Executive Director of The Australia Institute Clive Hamilton, investigated [...]
A year of solar water heating
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged carbon emissions, Energy, fossil fuel dependence, House, renewable energy, rental properties, solar power, sustainable living, Water on 25 February 2008 | 4 Comments »
Hot water accounts for more than 30% of energy used in the home. [1]
I’ve had solar water heating for a year. I wanted a gas booster, rather than the electric booster which was installed. My dad (who is my landlord) has had bad experiences with a gas booster, so he didn’t get one. He [...]
Catching the Bus
Posted in Perth, indigenous flora, tagged car, carbon emissions, government, orchids, Perth, public transport, town planning, urban sprawl on 21 February 2008 | 2 Comments »
I used to drive everywhere, but I’ve been trying to use public transport more and I’m catching the bus to Curtin University every day now. If I don’t get up early enough, the bus from near my house only comes by every hour, so I drive instead. Last year I was often sleeping in [...]
Loving Libraries
Posted in Australia, Consumption, tagged carbon emissions, fossil fuel dependence, libraries, passive solar design, saving water, sustainable building on 10 February 2008 | 4 Comments »
If you’ve had enough of the consumerism of Valentine’s Day (so maybe Hallmark didn’t invent this celebration or even Mother’s Day, but they certainly enjoy the profits) you can celebrate Library Lover’s Day on 14 February. Libraries have always been eco-minded because they lend books, CDs, DVDs, etc, with many people using the same [...]
Think on this
"We must head back towards zero. At one degree the genie is out of the bottle, at two degrees the bottle is broken"
– David Spratt (2009) "Time for a Plan B on climate?" Dissent, no.30, p.37
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