Sunday, November 20, 2011

Full Building Energy Efficiency Certificates must now be disclosed - Environment - Australia

Alternatively, the Secretary of the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency can issue an infringement notice of up to $11,000 for the first day and $1,100 for each subsequent day of non-compliance.

Climate Change May Have Doomed Neanderthals : Discovery News

  • In response to drastic cooling of the climate, Neanderthals and early humans started roaming farther from home.
  • As they moved more, the two groups mingled more and their interbreeding may have led to Neanderthal extinction.
  • The fate of Neanderthals may hint at the future of cultures in places that are threatened by climate change.
  • BBC's Mr Climate Change Accepted £15,000 In Grants From University Rocked By Climategate

    A senior BBC journalist accepted £15,000 in grants from the university at the heart of the ‘Climategate’ scandal – and later went on to cover the story without declaring an interest to viewers.

    Roger Harrabin, the BBC’s ‘environment analyst’, used the money from the University of East Anglia’s Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research to fund an ‘ad hoc’ partnership he ran with a friend.

    Bill Carmichael: Solar Panels Are A Badge Of Shame

    Green subsidies work a bit like Robin Hood – but in reverse. They effectively take around £8bn from the poorest consumers in the country over the next 20 years and transfer the cash to well off people who can afford the capital costs of installing mini solar and wind power schemes.

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