<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" version="2.0"><channel><title>The Australian | Climate</title><link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/climate</link><description>News, views and information from the pages of The Australian</description><pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 07:00:30 +1000</pubDate><lastBuildDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 07:00:30 +1000</lastBuildDate><language>en-au</language><copyright>Copyright 2013 News Limited. All rights reserved.</copyright><generator>aus_climate_809</generator><ttl>5</ttl><item><title>Renewable energy rorts probed</title><link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/climate/renewable-energy-rorts-probed/story-e6frg6xf-1226631858704?from=public_rss</link><guid>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/climate/renewable-energy-rorts-probed/story-e6frg6xf-1226631858704</guid><description><![CDATA[ALMOST 150 suspected rorts of the Gillard government's Renewable Energy Target scheme were reported to the regulator last year.]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/climate/renewable-energy-rorts-probed/story-e6frg6xf-1226631858704?from=public_rss">Lauren Wilson</source><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="4438" url="http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2012/11/08/1226513/008937-121108-solar-panels.jpg"/></item><item><title>No insurance cost surge from climate</title><link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/climate/no-insurance-cost-surge-from-climate-change/story-e6frg6xf-1226629617872?from=public_rss</link><guid>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/climate/no-insurance-cost-surge-from-climate-change/story-e6frg6xf-1226629617872</guid><description><![CDATA[CLIMATE change is predicted to have a much smaller impact on private insurance costs over the next 60 years than inflation.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/climate/no-insurance-cost-surge-from-climate-change/story-e6frg6xf-1226629617872?from=public_rss">Sid Maher, Political correspondent</source><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="29393" url="http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2013/04/25/1226629/593059-130426-n-climate-costs.jpg"/></item><item><title>Green bank set to defy Coalition</title><link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/climate/green-bank-set-to-defy-coalition/story-e6frg6xf-1226629016408?from=public_rss</link><guid>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/climate/green-bank-set-to-defy-coalition/story-e6frg6xf-1226629016408</guid><description><![CDATA[THE board of the $10 billion Clean Energy Finance Corporation is set to consider investment proposals in the lead-up to its July 1 start date, despite the Coalition's vow to scrap it.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/climate/green-bank-set-to-defy-coalition/story-e6frg6xf-1226629016408?from=public_rss">Lauren Wilson</source><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="2787" url="http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2010/09/29/1225931/798947-aus-bus-pix-jillian-broadbent-of-rba.jpg"/></item><item><title>State power bills to fall</title><link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/state-politics/state-power-bills-to-fall/story-e6frgczx-1226627397308?from=public_rss</link><guid>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/state-politics/state-power-bills-to-fall/story-e6frgczx-1226627397308</guid><description><![CDATA[ELECTRICITY prices in NSW are set to fall in the next two years as Australia links its carbon pricing scheme to Europe's.]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/state-politics/state-power-bills-to-fall/story-e6frgczx-1226627397308?from=public_rss">Lauren Wilson</source><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="2635" url="http://resources1.news.com.au/images/2011/11/08/1226189/349673-111109-b-carbon-splash.jpg"/></item><item><title>Float carbon now: Oakeshott</title><link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/climate/float-carbon-now-oakeshott/story-e6frg6xf-1226623897289?from=public_rss</link><guid>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/climate/float-carbon-now-oakeshott/story-e6frg6xf-1226623897289</guid><description><![CDATA[INDEPENDENT Rob Oakeshott&nbsp;has called for a faster transition to a floating price.]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/climate/float-carbon-now-oakeshott/story-e6frg6xf-1226623897289?from=public_rss">Lauren Wilson</source><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="3529" url="http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/09/15/1225924/133872-oakeshott.jpg"/></item><item><title>Carbon crash to dig $10bn budget hole</title><link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/treasury/eu-carbon-crash-to-dig-10bn-budget-hole/story-fn59nsif-1226623027747?from=public_rss</link><guid>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/treasury/eu-carbon-crash-to-dig-10bn-budget-hole/story-fn59nsif-1226623027747</guid><description><![CDATA[A PRICE collapse in the world's biggest carbon market threatens to punch a $10bn revenue hole in the Gillard government's budget forward estimates.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/treasury/eu-carbon-crash-to-dig-10bn-budget-hole/story-fn59nsif-1226623027747?from=public_rss">Sid Maher, Political correspondent</source><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="3565" url="http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2011/06/03/1226068/938883-carbon-price.jpg"/></item><item><title>Scrap impost to save $20bn</title><link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/climate/scrap-impost-to-save-20bn/story-e6frg6xf-1226622978039?from=public_rss</link><guid>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/climate/scrap-impost-to-save-20bn/story-e6frg6xf-1226622978039</guid><description><![CDATA[THE Coalition will declare it will save $20bn across four years by abolishing the carbon tax as it scraps subsidies linked to the scheme.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 14:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/climate/scrap-impost-to-save-20bn/story-e6frg6xf-1226622978039?from=public_rss">SID MAHER</source><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="2222" url="http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/05/20/1225869/287092-climate.jpg"/></item><item><title>EU carbon collapse deals blow to Australia</title><link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/climate/eu-carbon-collapse-deals-blow-to-australia/story-e6frg6xf-1226622388327?from=public_rss</link><guid>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/climate/eu-carbon-collapse-deals-blow-to-australia/story-e6frg6xf-1226622388327</guid><description><![CDATA[LABOR will revise down its carbon tax revenue estimates following a crash in the European carbon market, at a likely multi-billion dollar cost to the budget.]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 05:19:25 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/climate/eu-carbon-collapse-deals-blow-to-australia/story-e6frg6xf-1226622388327?from=public_rss">Ben Packham</source><enclosure type="image/gif" length="3969" url="http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2010/11/05/1225948/295300-an-budget-carbon.gif"/></item><item><title>Farmers on edge over switching channels</title><link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/channel-country-farmers-on-edge-over-switch-towards-mining/story-fn59niix-1226613678219?from=public_rss</link><guid>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/channel-country-farmers-on-edge-over-switch-towards-mining/story-fn59niix-1226613678219</guid><description><![CDATA[FROM the top of Big Red, organic beef baron David Brook is straining to get a clear view of the future.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/channel-country-farmers-on-edge-over-switch-towards-mining/story-fn59niix-1226613678219?from=public_rss">GRAHAM LLOYD, ENVIRONMENT EDITOR</source><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="42252" url="http://resources3.news.com.au/images/2013/04/06/1226613/563599-20130406-csg-page-one-b.jpg"/></item><item><title>Channel Country faces a fragile future</title><link>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/channel-country-faces-a-fragile-future/story-fn59niix-1226613564379?from=public_rss</link><guid>http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/channel-country-faces-a-fragile-future/story-fn59niix-1226613564379</guid><description><![CDATA[OVERTURNING Wild Rivers law to allow mining could destroy the catchment.]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/channel-country-faces-a-fragile-future/story-fn59niix-1226613564379?from=public_rss">GRAHAM LLOYD, ENVIRONMENT EDITOR</source><enclosure type="image/jpeg" length="101513" url="http://resources0.news.com.au/images/2013/04/05/1226613/559864-130406-angus-emmott.jpg"/></item></channel></rss>