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Six steps to avoiding greenwash; and more

  • WA issues compliance reporting guidelines


  • Australia's black coal-fired plants emit more CO2 than EU and US plants


  • CCS too slow, risky and pricey: Greenpeace


  • 'Contraction and convergence criticisms flawed'


  • Six steps to avoiding greenwash


  • Greens parties to establish international base in Australia

Finalise CCS legal framework and policy by September, urges new alliance

An alliance of industry, union and environment organisations launched this morning has urged the Rudd government to set a goal of having the equivalent of three 500MW power stations fitted with CCS by 2020.



As a first step, Australia needs to finalise by this September nationally-consistent legislation and a policy framework to overcome first-mover barriers, the alliance says.


Mining union says billions at risk without CCS leadership

Greenpeace thinks carbon capture and storage is a con and is taking a dim view of a new alliance between Australian mining companies, the mining union, an environment group and a leading climate policy institute that plans to push the technology along.



But the union involved says without more effective leadership billions of dollars of investment in CCS is at risk.


ACF chief slams fuel tax credits scheme, company car tax perks in Press Club address

The Rudd government should remove tax breaks for personal use of company cars and abolish the Fuel Tax Credits scheme that gives tax breaks worth more than a billion dollars a year to the mining industry, Australian Conservation Foundation chief Don Henry told the National Press Club today. (plus audio)



Henry also urged the government to remove tax concessions for aviation fuel and push for resource companies to boost their 'miserable' levels of spending on R&D into technologies such as carbon capture and storage.


'50% cut will cost US$200 a tonne' warns energy agency, as union chief calls for new climate alliance

The head of the International Energy Agency told last week's major economies meeting in Hawaii a "CO2 incentive" of US$200 a tonne would be needed to deliver a 50% cut in emissions by 2050, the IEA revealed yesterday.



Meanwhile, the head of Australia's mining union, Tony Maher, has canvassed the creation of a new climate change pressure group and has urged resource companies to massively boost their spending on carbon capture and storage.


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