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Energy Efficiency Twice As Powerful As Clean Energy

Posted on 15. Jul, 2010 by Ross.

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Still doubting whether using energy efficient lighting can really help save the planet?
Well, Australians seem to think so now. The Energy Efficiency Council of Australia issued a report which estimates that under current trends and investments, energy efficiency will deliver 65% of global carbon reduction by 2020 and 53% by 2030.
That means that over the [...]

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Australia Dumps Carbon Trading Scheme

Posted on 27. Apr, 2010 by Ross.

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In the face of intensified political opposition and a hostile Senate, the Australian government has been forced to backtrack on one of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s key election promises: the creation of an Australian emissions trading scheme to help the country stop being one of the world’s most polluting nations.
With the highest emissions per capita [...]

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Australia’s Carbon Cap-and-Trade Climb-Down

Posted on 18. Aug, 2009 by Ross.

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After failing to secure flagship cap-and-trade legislation in the Senate, the Australian Government is being forced to splinter its’ environmental draft laws in order to get them passed individually.
The government is putting forward part of last week’s defeated bill - a plan for 20% of Australia’s energy to come from renewable sources by 2020 - [...]

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Australia and New Zealand Agonise Over Carbon Reduction Targets

Posted on 10. Aug, 2009 by Ross.

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In the spectrum of the ambition of industrialised nations to combat climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, Australia and New Zealand have traditionally occupied the same end of the scale as the USA: could do better and don’t really care.
As the Copenhagen conference begins to loom ever closer, intensifying international debate on the carbon [...]

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Australia Sees 20% Energy Price Rise

Posted on 21. May, 2009 by Ross.

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Businesses and households in Australia have been left facing a massive 20% increase in their energy bills, increasing the average household bill by over $200 and leaving businesses searching for energy efficiency measures to help save their companies from the extra costs during the recession.
The energy price rises are due to a decision from the [...]