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Showing posts with label election. Show all posts
Showing posts with label election. Show all posts
Wednesday, November 9, 2016

US Climate Action Network responds on US election result and climate policy

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We woke in Marrakech to the surprise news of Donald Trump being elected President of the USA, with everyone asking, what will this mean fo...
Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Climate and Environment #Ausvotes election 2016 scorecards

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This is an abridged version focussed on climate change scorecards, of an article at nofibs.com.au detailing 39 election scorecards across...
Friday, June 24, 2016

Eminent Australians Climate Emergency call met with political silence in Federal Election

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On Thursday 23rd June a host of eminent Australians called on the next Australian Government to declare a climate emergency. The call was ...
Monday, March 10, 2014

Australia's 2014 summer breaks more records

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Reading the climate Council latest report on the Angry Summer 2013/2014 (PDF) I was struck by the extent and rapidity of the changes in te...
Friday, September 20, 2013

Tony Abbott's Government first actions: trash climate change education, carbon pricing

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On September 7 Australia elected the Liberal National parties - the Coalition - to Federal Government, with Tony Abbott as our new Prime Min...
Sunday, August 25, 2013

Election 2013: Food and agriculture policy debated by Labor and Greens in Wills

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From my election 2013 series - see my Wills 2013 seat reports at Nofibs.com.au L to R: Kelvin Thomson (ALP), Tim Read (Greens), Margarit...
Friday, August 23, 2013

If threatened species could vote...Wills candidates discuss biodiversity

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From my election 2013 series - see my Wills 2013 seat reports at Nofibs.com.au Leadbeaters Possum is on the endangered list, presently be...
Thursday, August 22, 2013

Wills candidates agree on climate but differ on urgency and the coal menace

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From my election 2013 series - see my Wills 2013 seat reports at Nofibs.com.au Kelvin Thomson MP makes a point On a cold and rainy Monda...
Friday, August 9, 2013

Election 2013: Save the Planet Party launches climate emergency campaign

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From my election 2013 series - see my Wills 2013 seat reports at Nofibs.com.au A new party is emerging in Victoria at this election…well, n...
Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Election 2013 called on Threatened Species Day – September 7

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From my election 2013 series - original at Fawkner.org The election has been called by Kevin Rudd at last for September 7th, one week befo...
Sunday, November 7, 2010

Climate scientist Professor David Karoly calls for Hazelwood immediate closure

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Emminent Melbourne climate scientist Professor David Karoly has called for the Hazelwood coal fired power station to be closed down complete...
Sunday, September 5, 2010

Premier Brumby acts to neutralise Climate change issue for Victorian election

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The Victorian parliament tackled climate change on Friday with a climate bill passed to set a 20 percent emissions reduction based upon 200...
Monday, August 23, 2010

Negotiating climate action in a hung parliament

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Australians woke up on Sunday to find neither Labor or Opposition Liberal and National parties had achieved a majority of seats in the Feder...
Friday, August 20, 2010

Environmental Scorecards: Climate action missing in action from Major Party policy

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The major parties have sidelined action on climate this election, delaying any policy on setting a carbon price and only taking small steps ...
Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Election Scorecards on Environment and Climate change policy

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There has been a lot of policy hot air from the major parties, but on environmental and climate change policies the major parties really sti...

Queensland Conservation organisations urge a vote for the Environment

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A broad coalition of conservation organisations in Queensland have released a statement urging a vote for the environment and calling for u...