$5bn takeover bid for Macarthur Coal 'endorses' new tax, PM says | The Australian

JULIA Gillard has seized on a $4.7 billion coal takeover bid as proof of the industry's ongoing viability as it emerged Tony Abbott repeatedly questioned the purchasing company's prospects under a carbon tax.
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"You couldn't get a better indication that business people see a good future in coal mining in this country. There's more certainty now than there was before Sunday."
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Deputy Prime Minister Wayne Swan blamed a "dishonest" Coalition scare campaign for the party's record low standing with voters.
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"There's been a very big, dishonest scare campaign," he said.

Cities can help soak up carbon - study | News.com.au

They measured the carbon-absorbing capacity of its parks, domestic gardens, abandoned industrial land, golf courses, school playing fields, road verges and river banks.

They found that 231,000 tonnes of carbon were locked up this way, 10 times more than expected.

Rural doctors’ president to plant 5000 trees – urges direct action on bush health

RURAL Doctors’ Association of Australia (RDAA) president, Dr Paul Mara, is taking direct action on climate change, maintaining a commitment to plant 5000 trees each year indefinitely in his town of Gundagai.

Couples required to plant trees before tying knot | Inquirer News

CITY OF CALAPAN—Engaged couples in Gloria town in Oriental Mindoro are required to plant trees before they get married.

Tree planting as a prerequisite to getting a marriage license is contained in an ordinance adopted by the municipal council beginning January this year, Councilor Rimando Recalde, the measure’s author, told the Inquirer.

Recalde said he thought of the ordinance because of the “alarming issue of climate change and global warming and many couples are not even aware of the need to keep a balanced ecology.”