Did you know that Western Australia, Victoria, NSW and Queensland are talking about recommissioning or refurbishing old coal fired power stations, or even building new ones?

All they are waiting for is for the Rudd government’s emissions trading bill (the CPRS), with its woeful targets and weak carbon price, to pass and they’ll have the signal they need.

The CPRS will actually unleash a coal bonanza

Just when you thought it couldn’t get any worse, legal advice to the Greens from two senior barristers shows that if this bill passes the government won’t be able to turn it around without paying even more billions in compensation to the polluters.

Been listening on the radio that we are advised to to leave now if we don’t have sufficient fire fighting preparation. Not sure where we’re going to go to, seeing as the whole district has the same warning.

School’s out too, tomorrow and maybe the next day. I guess the kids’ll be so much safer 500 metres from the school than actually at the school!!?