Past Programs
Environmental Management - 2007
Wotif pulp mill
06/10/2007
The decision to allow the Gunns pulp mill in Northern Tasmania to go ahead has angered many and none more than Sydney businessman Graeme Wood, from Wotif.com, who is vowing to fight the move.
Environment Panel Read Transcript
29/09/2007
Recently the price of carbon in NSW collapsed.
The dramatic fall in the carbon price has various flow-on effects.
For one sustainability company, Easy Being Green, it has meant laying off over a hundred employees and temporarily ending its business of installing energy saving devices in homes.
So what hurdles need to be overcome to make these schemes work?
Environment Panel
25/08/2007
What are the simple measures we can adopt to lighten our carbon load and to what extent will these steps make a difference?
Carbon emissions targets in California: the way forward?
02/06/2007
On the issue of carbon trading emissions schemes, California is having a debate not dissimiliar to the one that's happening in Australia right now.
But how well are businesses in California coping with targets to cut emissions and what pointers might we take from their experience?
Climate Change Capital
26/05/2007
James Cameron is vice-chairman of Climate Change Capital, a UK investment bank that manages one of the world's biggest carbon funds. He is a leading expert on developing market-based policy responses to climate change.
Solar rebates - value for money? Read Transcript
12/05/2007
On Tuesday the Treasurer, Peter Costello, announced an increase in the solar electricity rebates.
But is this rebate money well spent, or would other measures do more to help householders reduce their carbon footprint?
Clive Hamilton Read Transcript
21/04/2007
It is nearly 10 years since the Kyoto Protocol aimed at curbing carbon emissions became a tool in the fight against global warming. But Australia is not a signatory to the Protocol. Since 1997, the federal government has insisted that complying with Kyoto would be economically damaging for Australia. Clive Hamilton believes the Australian government has displayed a blind obstinacy on climate change.
The future of China
14/04/2007
China is the most rapidly growing economy in the world.
It is well on its way to becoming the world's third biggest economic power by 2008.
But the question is, just how long can this economic miracle continue?
