SMH - Howard blamed for carbon failures

AUSTRALIA has been named as one of the top three world greenhouse gas "sinners" by a European environmental report, ranking it with the United States and Saudi Arabia for failing its responsibilities towards the global environment.

"The worst climate sinners are Saudi Arabia, the US and Australia, which not only have extremely high and mounting emission levels, but also employ insufficient and inadequate climate policies," the director of the Climate Action Network, Matthias Duwe, said at a press conference at the United Nations talks in Bali.

Australia ranked behind China, Russia and India because of its policies during the Howard years, the report says.

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Earthbeat Radio - Down Under Revolution

Sweeping political changes in Australia resulted in a new leader - a new country signing up to Kyoto - and a brave new world where climate change is a major political issue.

Joining host Mike Tidwell to discuss the groundbreaking Aussie election is for the entire hour is Australia journalist Wilson da Silva. He's the editor-in-chief of the Australian magazines Cosmos and G: The Green Lifestyle Magazine.

They're joined throughout the hour by Cathy Zoi, the CEO of the Alliance for Climate Protection; Brenda Ekwurzel, a climate scientist with the Union for Concerned Scientists; and Joe Romm of the website Climate Progress.

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SMH - Treasurer to resist emissions targets at Bali meeting

TREASURER Wayne Swan flies to the international climate change conference in Bali today carrying an ultra-cautious message on targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

As part of the Government team arriving over the next week, Mr Swan will set the stage for Australia to resist growing pressure to sign up to a 2020 target.

From Australia, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd overruled the official Australian delegation in Bali after it last week endorsed a 25 to 40 per cent cut in 1990 greenhouse gases levels by 2020.

Mr Swan told The Sun-Herald before departing that the Government would await a report commissioned from Professor Ross Garnaut before committing Australia to short-term targets.

"Labor has a policy to reduce greenhouse gases by 60 per cent by 2050, but any interim target will depend on the Garnaut report," he said.

Professor Garnaut, the head of economics at the Australian National University and chairman of the Government's climate change review committee, will not deliver his report until the middle of next year. Professor Garnaut is attending the Bali conference.

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Herald Sun - Welcome to my nightmare. Andrew Bolt showing his useless shameless lack of self awareness and ignorance of history. "War on terror" Andrew ?

A few more for your list of attempts to create mass panic attacks. I''m 60 years of age and and remember the rehtoric let loose in the 1950s and 1960s regarding "Reds Under The Beds" and "Invading Immigration" etc. I t was Deja Vu when the fear merchants started ranting over Children Overboard and Weapons of Mass Destruction etc. To quote an old saying, if you don't remember histoy you're destined to relive it. Sceptisim over messages of fear need to be across the board.