The All Our Yesterdays project is doing (at least) a blog post a day to show that the climate policy battles of today are repeats/mash-ups of the last thirty years. We have always been ignoring the scientists, blowing hot and cold on carbon pricing, blowing hot and cold on support for renewables, pretending mother nature isn’t getting mildly irked etc etc.
Each blog post lists one main thing (captured in the title) but most blog posts also have other events from other years (this is especially true after January, which is traditionally a slow month in Australian politics).
If you have any events that happened on days in future months, let me know, via the comments on this page. Happy to hear other comments to (but I don’t feed trolls).
Jan 1, 2003- NSW ‘Greenhouse Gas Reduction Scheme’ implemented
Jan 2, 1995 – Carbon tax on the cards, says BCA boss…
Jan 3, 1992 – Greenpeace vs POTUS on Climate Change
Jan 4, 1995 Liberals say planting trees beats a carbon price…
Jan 5, 2006 – Labor MPs release climate refugees paper ‘Our Drowning Neighbours’
Jan 6, 1995 – Business says ‘other nations are doing little, so should Australia’
Jan 7, 2013 – Frontline Action on Coal activist sends out spoof ANZ press release…
Jan 8, 2013 – Prime Minister Gillard connects heatwave and climate change
Jan 9, 1995 – Efficiency is better than a tax, says business. Of course.
Jan 10, 2011- flooding hits Queensland
Jan 11, 2008 – NSW Minerals Council tells industry to sell sustainability
Jan 12, 2006 – Protests at “AP6” talks in Sydney
Jan 13, 2009 – Aborigines to feel climate shift the most
Jan 14, 2006 – Scientist asks IPA if it supports *any* regulation…
Jan 15, 1990 – Liberal Party feels it got shafted
Jan 16, 2006 – Liberal Treasurer supports a carbon price. Or does he?
Jan 17, 1995 – Economic ministries throw their weight around on carbon tax…
Jan 18, 1993 – ‘Greens Jobs in Industry Plan’ of ACTU and ACF…
Jan 19, 2016- outgoing chief scientist says tougher greenhouse targets inevitable
Jan 20, 2010- Greens propose a tax to salvage the CPRS car crash
Jan 21, 2014 – Government legislates against further temperature increases
Jan 22, 1992 – “greenhouse action will lead to poorhouse” warning
Jan 23, 2013- Australian coal mining versus the planet….
Jan 24, 1989 – Greenhouse is not simply an energy issue says Resources Minister
Jan 25, 1995 – greenhouse and electricity reform policies battle. Greenhouse loses…
Jan 26, 1989 – “Hole in the Greenhouse” reports the Canberra Times
Jan 27, 2009 – Cory Bernardi launches ‘Thank God for Carbon’
Jan 28, 1992 – Ros Kelly admits it’s a long way to Toronto
Jan 29, 2004 – Skeptic author John Daly dies
Turnbull, #climate and the National Press Club #auspol
Jan 30, 1989 -coal might get restricted?!
Jan 31, 2009 – Australia’s first Climate Action Summit begins…
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