Energy Efficiency

Another great story in the Sydney Morning Herald (Dec 28, 2009) We think the society around us is solid but there is an old political aphorism: the difference between social order and disorder is 36 hours without food. Think about that for even a moment and you know it’s true. Food security is the basis [...]

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This is what the failure of the climate talks means. The last time global negotiations collapsed like this was in Doha in 2001. After the trade talks fell apart, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) assured the delegates that there was nothing to fear: they would move to Mexico, where a deal would be done. The [...]

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International Maritime Organisation is the UN body that polices the world’s shipping and you may thinking thats a good thing; however, truth be known, that while the UN postures about climate change and mans contribution to global warming. Previously I wrote of a surplus of oil reserves being built up by various countries and that [...]

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Minister for Natural Resources, Mines and Energy and Minister for Trade The Honourable Stephen Robertson spins the commissioning of new substations to reinforce power supply to Gladstone area as a good thing. He claims ‘electricity demand in the Gladstone area is being driven by strong long-term growth in the industrial, coal mining and minerals processing [...]

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The useless, destructive talks at Copenhagen show that the treaty-making system has scarcely changed in 130 years. By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 18th December 2009 First they put the planet in square brackets, now they have deleted it from the text. This is no longer about saving the biosphere: now it’s just a [...]

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