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Tuesday, 5 May 2009
The Rudd Government have announced dramatic changes and ultimately a delay to their deeply-flawed emissions trading scheme (ETS) in a move designed to once more please big businesses rather than tackle the issue of climate change.
Changes announced include a delayed start to the scheme until 2011, a fixed $10 per tonne price for carbon and the prospect of a 25% reduction target heavily dependent on international agreement at Copenhagen in December.
Once more the Government is stalling on real action on climate change and instead increasing compensation for polluting industries.
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Friday, 1 May 2009
Thanks to overwhelming support the No Pulp Mill ad ran in yesterday's edition of the European Financial Times and has been receiving national media.
With our $120,000 target reached we can now extend the ad's run into Asia, reaching more potential investors.
But we need to keep it going - this ad works as banks are worried about people seeing their logo on it. The more we raise the more people we can show this ad to - chip in now to help stop the pulp mill by getting it shown in The Australian.
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Thursday, 30 April 2009
Thanks to overwhelming support the No Pulp Mill ad has run in today's edition of the European Financial Times and has been receiving national media.
With our $120,000 target reached we can now extend the ad's run into Asia, reaching more potential investors.
But we need to keep it going - this ad works as banks are worried about people seeing their logo on it. The more we raise the more people we can show this ad to - chip in now to help stop the pulp mill.
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Wednesday, 29 April 2009
Urgent help needed to fund anti-pulp mill advert:
Earlier this week it was announced that Gunns is close to finding offshore investors for its controversial pulp mill in Tasmania and may begin construction soon.
Without international finance, or an overseas joint venture partner, the pulp mill will be history. That's why we need to pull out all stops and publish a massive newspaper ad this week in the European Financial Times: the paper we know hits every bank in Europe. This ad needs your urgent help: donate now
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Thursday, 23 April 2009
From Tasmanian newspaper, The Enquirer today:
A MASSIVE cargo ship is expected to dock at Bell Bay this afternoon carrying important equipment for Gunns' $2.2 billion pulp mill.
TasPorts has declared a prohibited area around the Bell Bay port in preparation for the arrival of the Beluga Finesse - a 138m long cargo shipwith the capacity for carrying the equivalent of 673 containers.
It will arrive at the number-five berth, which is designed for heavy lifting. Sources say the Beluga is carrying "special equipment for a major construction project".
Article by Rachel Williams. Read more here
GetUp\'s ongoing campaign to stop the Pulp Mill has already seen ANZ bank withdraw funding for the project, but todays news means the project is once again an urgent priority. Stay tuned for more action!