Australian scientists lead climate change project | The Australian

AUSTRALIAN scientists are spearheading international development of technology to analyse greenhouse gases and climate change.

The Greenhouse Gas Monitor joint research project was awarded $2.3 million last week by the Australian Space and Research Program.

The project is designed to develop a mobile sensor unit to vastly boost the number of earth-bound measurement stations globally which monitor carbon dioxide.

Gillard slams Bob Brown on future of coal industry | The Australian

On the ABC's Insiders program on Sunday, Senator Brown was asked whether the carbon price would close down some coalmines overnight. "I would not figure that in because they are just so highly profitable. But that has to be the outcome. You know the coal industry has to be replaced by renewables."
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"I've said we will work with the coal industry so it has got a future, and we will do that. I'm very determined to do that, and to support the employment of people who work in the coal industry," she said.

2008: Obama: We’ll bankrupt any new coal plants « Hot Air

[Obama] So, if somebody wants to build a coal plant, they can — it’s just that it will bankrupt them, because they are going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that’s being emitted.