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Target 300 Campaign success with Victorian climate action groups - Nov 08
At a preparatory meeting of Victoria's climate action groups held in late November and organised as part of the lead up to next year's National Climate Action Summit, the Victorian groups agreed to adopt a stabilisation target of 300 ppm CO2 or below in order to re-establish Arctic summer ice.
Target 300 Moves into the Climate Campaign Centre - Nov 08
The Target 300 Campaign has now taken up a desk space at the new Climate Campaign Centre at Trades Hall in Melbourne. The Centre has been set up by members of the climate Emergency Network, David Spratt, Damien Lawson, and Carol Ride.
The space is located on the fifth floor of the North East Section of the building next to the undercover parking area. Access is via a lift or stairs. We will be using this space for campaign meetings and working group space.
Target 300 presence at 2008 Walk Against Warming Melbourne - Nov 08
The Target 300 campaign marched under the "Zero Emission Now" banners at this year's Melbourne Walk Against Warming with seven banners being carried by various people and groups. Thanks particularly for the support of the students and members of VISEN (Victorian Inter-School Environment Network) who helped carry the banners.
Climate News
2008 reduction in Arctic ice
"A comparison of ice age in September 2007 (left) and September 2008 (right) shows the increase in thin first-year ice (red) and the decline in thick multi-year ice (orange and yellow). White indicates areas of ice below ~50 percent, for which ice age cannot be determined. AVHRR, SMMR SSM/I, and IABP buoy data." From National Snow and Ice Data Center referencing C. Fowler, J. Maslanik, and S. Drobot, University of Colorado at Boulder. See original press release.
Climate technological news
Sliver cells still nowhere to be seen.
Origin Energy's sliver cell is still going nowhere, five years (see 2003 Origin press release) after Origin took over the technology from the Australian National University's Sliver Cell Team.
Sliver cells could reduce the cost of solar PV's by using only 10% of the high grade silicon, which is the most significant cost element of a solar PV cell.
Origin customers should consider changing their Greenpower account to alternative companies.
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