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Trading one environmental disaster for another – Will the BP spill be the catalyst for passing US climate legislation?

After hearing day in and day out in the news about the (still ongoing) BP spill in the Gulf of Mexico as containment attempts continue to fail, one begins to get mad at the lousy regulators and the Big Oil companies (especially BP) and look for ways to show their outrage. Change2’s Lee Stewart has started to… Continue

Added by Paige Andrews on June 5, 2010 at 4:14am — 1 Comment

Out in the cold: Protests all around as NGOs banned and negotiations delayed

Chaos has broken out both inside and outside of the Bella Center as access restrictions have gone into effect at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen and negotiations have been delayed due to protests by developing nations. The Bella Center has the capacity to hold 15,000 participants, yet the UN has officially registered f… Continue

Added by Paige Andrews on December 17, 2009 at 8:53pm — No Comments

Life in the Bella Center - a report from COP15

December 7th marked the start of two weeks of climate meetings, high level discussions and side events in Copenhagen for the Fifteenth Conference of Parties (COP15), also called the UN Climate Change Conference. This date also marked the start of fifteen-hour days of coffee, typing, running to events, typing, the occasional meal, typin… Continue

Added by Paige Andrews on December 10, 2009 at 8:17pm — 1 Comment

The end of a fairytale.

Once upon a time there existed a group of nations who gathered together in a land called Copenhagen to sign a treaty that would protect their collective kingdoms from the evils of climate change and ensure the livelihoods of their people for years to come. Despite years of obstacles and reasons to believe otherwise, the agreement was signed in the nick of time and they lived happily ever after. The End. Do you buy this? Me neither. While this story may seem unbelievable in its simplicity, I th… Continue

Added by Paige Andrews on November 20, 2009 at 9:37am — 1 Comment

Kyoto Round 2: the US and EU weigh in

In my last post , I discussed the news coming out of the climate talks in Bangkok that developing countries have been in an uproar over the fear that the United States and the EU are trying to kill the Kyoto protocol. This December in Copenhagen, the UN aims to achieve an agreement on an international framework which will take effect once the Kyoto Protocol expires in 2012. Discussio… Continue

Added by Paige Andrews on October 30, 2009 at 2:30am — No Comments

The U.S., in Bangkok, with a microphone: Are we witnessing the death of Kyoto?

C.P.R. may be needed to revive climate talks and the Kyoto Protocol following two weeks of negotiations in Bangkok. The U.N. climate talks in the Thai capital have resulted in very little save an intensified fear and distrust between rich and poor countries. Fear rose as several developing countries, including China, Brazil and India, accused the United States and the European Union of trying to kill the Kyoto Protocol. Such accusations come following a public showdown this week between the US… Continue

Added by Paige Andrews on October 11, 2009 at 12:29pm — No Comments

Expectations for an international agreement lowered as Copenhagen approaches

With less than 80 days remaining until government officials and national delegates convene in Copenhagen to agree on a framework that will replace the Kyoto Protocol, target expectations and hopes for a framework that will satisfy both developing and developed countries have begun to ebb. Since gaining the EU’s rotating Presidency in July, Sweden has been outlining the position that the EU will take on the negotiations in Copenhagen this upcoming December. While initially optimistic, Sweden’s P… Continue

Added by Paige Andrews on September 22, 2009 at 8:52am — No Comments

A bumpy road to Copenhagen for Rudd's CPRS

There are only a few months left until leaders of the international community convene in Copenhagen to agree upon a replacement for the Kyoto Protocol. Prime Minister Rudd has already declared that Australia will not go to the convention empty-handed. So far, Australia’s climate change legislation has faced some hurdles with its CPRS bill. However, with the recent approval of the renewable energy target, there is hope that Rudd will be able to keep his promise. Following the defeat of Prime Min… Continue

Added by Paige Andrews on August 26, 2009 at 7:00am — No Comments

Rudd announces Australia's commitment to Pacific Island assistance

Addressing the 40th annual Pacific Islands Forum held in Cairns this past Wednesday, Prime Minister Rudd offered his commitment to helping the small island nations take measures to adapt to rising sea levels caused by climate change. Leaders of the seven smallest Pacific island nations said that deep emission cuts are essential in order to protect the nations from the severe affects of rising sea levels on… Continue

Added by Paige Andrews on August 8, 2009 at 9:00am — No Comments

The new Green Standard: can Wal-Mart revolutionise the retail market?

The U.S. super-giant Wal-Mart last week announced plans to develop a worldwide sustainable product index that will record the ecological impact of every product the retailer carries. The sustainability of a product’s history will then be translated onto a label which the customer can see as they make their purchasing decisions. This sustainability index would be the first of its kind utilized at such a large scale and the retailer hopes that the index will become a new international retail stand… Continue

Added by Paige Andrews on July 25, 2009 at 6:58am — No Comments

Al Gore in Melbourne to Address Climate Change

Al Gore, former U.S. Vice President and climate change campaigner, was in Melbourne on Monday for the launch of the new think tank Safe Climate Australia and to help train 300 people from 19 nations to address and encourage their leaders on the issue of climate change. Gore’s visit also coincides with Australia’s first ever Youth Climate Summit which hopes to mobilize a new generation of climate change activists. Speaking before a group of 1,000 Australian business leaders, Gore praised the Rudd… Continue

Added by Paige Andrews on July 15, 2009 at 12:56am — No Comments

Stalemates and gestures as the G8 convenes in Italy

Environmental leaders from the Group of Eight (G-8) countries met this week in L’Aquila, Italy to discuss issues such as the economy and climate change. Members of the Major Economies Forum (MEF) on Energy and Climate were in attendance, consisting of the G8, G5, EU, Australia, Indonesia, Denmark and the Republic of Korea and accounting for nearly four-fifths of the world production of greenhouses gases. In a communiqué distributed on Thursday, the countries formally embraced limits to the rise… Continue

Added by Paige Andrews on July 11, 2009 at 2:19pm — No Comments

CPRS draft regulations released

Late last week, Prime Minister Rudd, Treasurer Wayne Swan and Penny Wong, the Minister for Climate Change and Water, announced the release of draft regulations of Australia’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS). This release marks the first of several disclosures as Australia’s emissions trading scheme continues to take shape. According to a press release from the Australian Labor Party, these drafts outline the EITE assi… Continue

Added by Paige Andrews on June 26, 2009 at 1:30am — No Comments

Progress as Climate Change Talks Conclude in Bonn

Over the past two weeks, delegates from 183 countries convened in Bonn, Germany to create negotiating texts under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) for consideration in Copenhagen this December. In focus at Bonn was the enhancement of international… Continue

Added by Paige Andrews on June 18, 2009 at 8:12am — No Comments

Obama rolls out national fuel efficiency policy

U.S. President Barack Obama announced a new national fuel efficiency policy last week that will including stricter federal emission and mile… Continue

Added by Paige Andrews on June 1, 2009 at 5:17am — No Comments

Water beats out Climate Change for U.S. EPA funds

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson testified last Tuesday before the members of the Environment and Public Works Committee regarding the proposed EPA FY 2010 Budget request. This discussion concentrated on how the budget request of $10.5 billion… Continue

Added by Paige Andrews on May 19, 2009 at 9:30am — 1 Comment

Increasing number of Americans believe that global warming is exaggerated

According to a recent Gallup Poll, an increasing number of Americans believe that the threat of global warming is exaggerated. In the 2009 poll, Gallup sur… Continue

Added by Paige Andrews on May 14, 2009 at 9:58am — 2 Comments

100 Days and Counting: U.S. Climate Policy under Obama

Under the Bush administration, greenhouse-gas emission legislation was considered excessive regulation that could prove harmful to U.S. businesses. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, under Bush, denied a request under the Clean Air Act to establish tail-pipe emission stan… Continue

Added by Paige Andrews on April 30, 2009 at 10:00am — 1 Comment

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Marta Bioletto commented on Lee Stewart's blog post 'ACT set ambitious emissions targets. A great program or destined to fail?'
I really hope that everybody individually will take seriousely the threat of climate change and acts with consciousness. The ACT Labor Government has set very ambitious targets. 40% gas reduction within 2020, 80% within 2050. Let's see if the 2020 t…
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Has anyone done research to establish what the Federal election result means for development of renewable energy sources in Australia? Jeff
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jardine cody Is surprised nobody has discredited the ideas , giving me nothing to argue for!
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James Vosper commented on Leon Young's blog post 'A new kind of optimism?'
Leon, This is probably the best outcome that we could have hoped for. This phenomenon has happened around the world and we could be looking at a new kind of government.
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