Gillard Aims to Reverse Carbon Plan Backlash in 'Uphill Battle'

She has not been helped by the fact that after she ousted her predecessor Kevin Rudd, whose popularity plummeted over a carbon tax, she declared she wouldn't introduce one.

"The whole point of a carbon tax is to change people's behavior and people generally accept they should do something about climate change," said Rick Kuhn, a political analyst at the Australian National University. "She has to convince people they will be better off. It's an uphill battle."

Power bills to soar by 30% in 'green’ reforms - Telegraph

Household electricity bills will soar by 30 per cent to pay for “green” measures being announced this week by Chris Huhne, the Energy Secretary, according to experts.

Roger Pielke Jr.'s Blog: A Bad Analogy in Australia's New Climate Policy Proposal

Well, Australia has only about 12 million cars (and 16 million total vehicles), so using a reduction of 45 million cars "off the road" to illustrate the unilateral emissions reduction goal simply illustrates the impossibility of the task.

Is The Ice Moving Or Melting? | Real Science

Over the past week, most of the ice “loss” in the Arctic Basin appears to have been due to ice compaction rather than melt. Winds are circulating clockwise and compacting the ice towards the North Pole. Also important to note that the albedo of clouds is generally higher than the ice.