SUSTAINABLE-EMISSIONS-SCHEME
Thursday 18 December 2008Engineering and sciences firm Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM) said reductions ranging from 5% to 15% contained in the Federal Government's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) will create uncertainties in Australian industry for at least the next 12 months.
Wednesday 17 December 2008According to key industry figures, introducing a carbon trading system with set minimum emission reductions and no international agreements will create significant problems for Australian business.
Monday 15 December 2008The Minerals Council of Australia has said it hopes the Federal Government's White Paper released today will include a phased and measured transition to emissions trading.
Monday 08 December 2008Queensland Mines and Energy Minister Geoff Wilson has told parliament that the successful storage of greenhouse gas production holds the key to future reductions of the State's greenhouse emissions.
Monday 08 December 2008The transitions assistance levels contained in the Federal Government's green paper for emissions-intensive, trade-exposed industries are inadequate and inefficient (EITE), Queensland Resources Council chief executive Michael Roche said.
Friday 21 November 2008The University of Queensland has joined forces with the Queensland Resources Council in an attempt to drum up the number of quality graduates available to the minerals and energy sector, the University's Sustainable Minerals Institute director Chris Moran told MINING DAILY.
Friday 14 November 2008The Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Energy and Resources, Barry Haase, has said the Federal Government's emissions trading scheme will inflict great pain on miners, energy distributors, exporters and consequently the wider population.
Wednesday 23 July 2008The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) has been encouraged by the Government’s embrace of key policy principles in the design of an Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) as announced in the Green Paper on a “Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme”, yet there remains significant questions about the detail of
Monday 12 May 2008The Minerals Council of Australia (MCA) has said measured transitional arrangements will be the key to ensuring the proposed emissions trading scheme achieves its environmental objectives without compromising economic growth, community living standards and the competitiveness of Australian industry.
Tuesday 01 January 1980The following article has been provided by the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy (The AusIMM), outlining the policies aimed at sustainability of the mining sector critical in period of market uncertainty.