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Today sees the launch of Maxim Institute’s free, one-click Tax Tracker web app, a simple online tool that lets you enter your annual income, click “GO” and immediately see a receipt of what your income tax is going to pay for this year, based on the hot-off-the-press 2013 Budget ... keep reading
Written by Celsias this month, about Economics, Finance & Money, Transparency
If climate change features prominently in the federal election campaign, it will almost certainly be driven by the Coalition. Under Tony Abbott, the Coalition has long smelled blood in the water on climate change and in particular the carbon tax. Abbott has stated repeatedly that the repeal of the carbon ... keep reading
Written by Matt McDonald this month, about Climate Change, Climate Scepticism, Coal & Oil, Design, Economics, Industry & Business, Politics & Government, Sustainability
We know quite a lot about which species around the world are most endangered. The Red List of threatened species , developed by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), identifies species that are most at risk of extinction. But scientists have become increasingly concerned that the habitats of ... keep reading
Written by David Keith this month, about Conservation, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Rainforest, Rivers, Lakes, and Oceans
The Government is putting Auckland's popular and pristine west coast beaches at risk of an oil spill from dangerous deep sea drilling, the Green Party said today. "The upper West coast of the North Island is postcard New Zealand. It is where Kiwis go to swim, fish and holiday ... keep reading
Written by Celsias this month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Children and Families, Coal & Oil, Conservation, Economics, Environment & Wildlife, Environmental Disasters, Politics & Government, Pollution
Great men, like great epochs, are explosive material in whom tremendous energy has been accumulated; their prerequisite has always been historically and physiologically, that a protracted assembling, accumulating, economizing and preserving has preceded them – that there has been no explosion for a long time - Nietzsche. Scientific breakthroughs often follow a ... keep reading
Written by Rayna Gordon-Hellman this month, about Design, Economics, Industry & Business, Innovation, Solar
Maybe GDP is not all its cracked up to be ! keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Consumerism, Economics, Emissions, Finance & Money, Sustainability
If we are going to avoid the worst impacts of climate change we need disruptive innovations that fundamentally alter the broken systems that continue to build out inequitable, fossil fueled societies. Solar and other renewable energy technologies can do that to energy markets. But it won't happen without fixing ... keep reading
Written by Justin Guay/Sierra Club last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Clean Tech, Economics, Finance & Money, Poverty & Development, Solar
We have plenty of resources that could stop us falling off the edge. Chris Philavanh With world population exceeding seven billion, there is renewed interest in the limits to growth concept first articulated by the Club of Rome in the 1970s. How can a growing population with growing affluence sustain ... keep reading
Written by Jason Alexandra/Andrew Campbell last month, about Action, Protest, & Activism, Earth, Soil, & Landscape, Economics, Education, Politics & Government, Population, Sustainability, Technology (1 comment)
Mention “high costs,” “financing” and “safety” in the same sentence as “commercial nuclear power plants,” and most people think of the multi-billion-dollar construction or operational phase of these facilities, which provide 20 percent of the domestic electric supply.Those concerns, however, are now emerging as aging nuclear power plants reach ... keep reading
Written by Celsias last month, about Economics, Nuclear, Pollution, Technology
Rio Tinto holds all the strings in the negotiation with the Government over its power supply agreement with Meridian . While it’s not Meridian that’s on the selling block , the potential loss of a customer that chews through 14% of the country’s power would have major ramifications for ... keep reading
Written by Vicki B last month, about Corporate Citizenship, Economics, Events, Finance & Money, Geothermal, Industry & Business
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