This is ATREEM (Automated Tree-Rental for Emission Encaging Machine) by Nitipak Samsen, a student at the Design Interactions course at the RCA in London. Samsen’s artwork is a satire on the notion of carbon credits: by measuring the …
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.Federal Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has unveiled the details of a significant policy shift on the Government’s emissions trading scheme. The shadow cabinet held a phone hook-up this afternoon and has agreed to vote for the legislation this year if the Government agrees to a number of amendments. All this is aimed at avoiding turning the legislation into a trigger for a double dissolution election. As a staunch Catholic and one who once began training for the priesthood, Tony Abbott is obviously someone who believes in conversions. . THE State Government has followed the lead of the Southern Highlands village of Bundanoon, and moved to ban commercially bottled water in all government departments and agencies. The Premier, Nathan Rees, said he was seeking "urgent advice" on ways to reduce bottled water consumption across the state, including a public campaign highlighting the economic and environmental costs of the bottled water market. At a Bundanoon town meeting last night, residents debated the merits of a local ban, which apparently has widespread support and may come into effect later this year .The Greens say the Federal Government is moving to secure a trigger for a double dissolution election over its emissions trading scheme. The Government has pushed back the start of the scheme by 12 months to 2011, despite earlier saying it would be reckless to delay it. It is also fixing the price of carbon for the first year and giving affected industries more financial support .Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull has stepped up his attack on the Government’s emissions trading scheme (ETS), saying it will cost thousands of jobs and billions of dollars. .Industry and green groups are both seeking changes to the Federal Government’s draft legislation for its emissions trading scheme (ETS). The Government will be negotiating with crossbench senators about the details of the cap-and-trade scheme in an effort to get the bill passed quickly .The coal and mining industries have accused the Federal Government of putting political concerns ahead of environmental concerns in designing its emissions trading scheme. The Government will publicly release the draft legislation for its Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme today .The Federal Government’s climate change adviser has criticised the controversial emissions trading scheme (ETS), a day before the Government releases the scheme’s draft legislation. The author of the Garnaut Climate Change Review, Professor Ross Garnaut, has told ABC1’s Four Corners that he is disappointed with the scheme. He has comprehensive his concerns about the amount of money, influence and clout that has been brought to bear on particular aspects of the ETS my arse! Brrrrrr! Two prominent carbon and CDM Experts, Peter C. |
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