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Wednesday June 8, 2011
Prendergast supports carbon tax RDA Southern Inland welcomes the establishment of a price on carbon as a component of a balanced and integrated response to the impacts of climate change. Ken Prendergast, Chair of RDA Southern Inland said last week. “A carbon price will help transform the way we use energy and how we generate energy and will support investments in clean energy.” This mechanism will support jobs and competitiveness in renewable energy generation, it will help drive change in the energy generation industry and start the transformation of our economy to a green energy future. Our economic growth cannot be tied to continued growth in pollution – if we do nothing we will not have a prosperous future. There is an urgent need to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions. A carbon price reduces emissions in two ways. It increases the price of emissions intensive goods, so reducing demand for these goods. A carbon price also increases the costs of firms that emit greenhouse gases. In theory, this creates an incentive for firms to reduce the quantity of emissions
by changing how they produce their product. If the carbon price is sufficiently high then it will switch the order of what is the cheapest form of electricity generation from coal to gas and, more importantly, other less emissions intensive sources. “We welcome the Business Council of Australia’s call for putting a price on Carbon – it’s essential to supporting the growth of green jobs in our region.” Chair, Mr Prendergast said. “We look forward to the outcomes of the past weekend and urge the government and minor parties to continue working toward a constructive agreement to drive this legislation through parliament to guarantee not only our economic future but a lifestyle we can all enjoy.” The RDA Southern Inland committee have just spent two days on the annual review of the Region’s Strategic Plan. “Our vision for the future is Vibrant Communities Developing Opportunities for Growth. We hope the Multi-Party Climate Change Committee has had as productive a weekend as the RDA Southern Inland Committee has,” said Colin McLean, Executive
Officer. “We conducted our annual review of the 5-year Strategic Plan and formulated activities we will undertake over the next 12 months. We’ll be working with our regional partners to drive transformation in energy production,” Mr McLean said. The Southern Inland region has a strong history in renewable energy as well as more recent growth in green energy generation from Crookwell to Nimmitabel. “We are proud of our ability to attract green industries to our region – it’s certainly one of our strengths. “We have wind farms outside Crookwell and on Lake George, geothermal solar and wind technologies based in Cooma. “More importantly, the Solarstor research facility in Cooma, is investigating how to best use high purity graphite to economically store heat energy at utility scale. “This technology enables energy (steam or electricity) to be available on-demand, allowing for a matching energy demand with energy delivery. This is the transformation we need for a vibrant future,” Mr Prendergast said.
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Local lad Tim Lewis has graduated from Sydney University with a Bachelor of Agricultural Economics degree. Tim, 24, is the son of Tom and Gayle Lewis of “Tynedale”, Cooma. He was a student at Cooma Public and Monaro High Schools before attending university. His graduation ceremony was held in the Great Hall of Sydney University on Friday May 6. Tim is now working for the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in Canberra. Pictured: Tim Lewis B.AE, receives his degree from the chair of the Sydney University Academic Board, Associate Professor Peter Mc Callum.
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