Australia`s Rudd hands Kyoto papers to U.N. in Bali

"Kyoto binds 36 industrialised nations to curb emissions by an average of 5 percent below 1990 levels by 2008-2012. Developing nations are exempt from targets under the pact's first phase and over the past 10 years emissions from nations such as India and China have...

CFMEU and ACF unite for action on climate change

"Date: 11-Sep-2007 In a rare convergence of interests, the mining union and environmentalists have collaborated to call for urgent Government action on climate change. With climate change set to be a critical federal election campaign issue, the CFMEU Mining and Energy...