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Progress Report - June 2010

New Zealand emissions trading commences

June Progress Report - news affecting you and your understanding of climate change.

On the 1 July 2010 New Zealand will apply a price to carbon emissions for key sectors through the use of carbon emission credits.
Julia Gillard, Australia's new Prime Minister, has been very careful not to make any commitments to reducing Australia's carbon emissions, but she has shown her support (see quote in margin).
A recent study found that 97 percent of scientific experts agree that climate change is "very likely" caused mainly by human activity.
This month's Carbon Emission Reduction Tip (CERT 4) is to think twice before turning on the clothes dryer.

More detail in the June Progress Report (Estimated Reading Time = 3 min 15 sec)

Quote

// I believe human beings contribute to climate change. And it is as disappointing to me as it is to millions of Australians that we do not have a price on carbon. //

Julia Gillard - Australian Prime Minister
Press Conference - Parliament House Canberra

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