My last post was about why payments for soil carbon from the Government’s climate change program will provide little benefit to farmers, unless the program
read moreThe idea of paying farmers to sequester carbon in agricultural soils has once again become politically prominent. It is still an idea with little potential
read moreAll the world has seen media coverage of the extraordinary fires that Australia has endured this summer. They sparked an intense discussion and debate about
read moreMany environmental policies and programs pay public money to people or businesses (or give them tax breaks or discounts) to encourage them to adopt more
read moreIn 2007, the world prices for a number of important food commodities suddenly increased dramatically. Many reasons for the price hike were proposed at the
read moreLast week’s budget included funding cuts to many areas of government, and the environment certainly was one of the areas to suffer. There were some
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