Kevin Rudd

South Australia 10 Years Ahead Of Renewable Energy Target

Treehugger | Warren McLaren | Posted 11.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Wind Power, Energy, Australia Wind Power, Australia, Australia Renewable Energy, South Australia, Kevin Rudd, Wind Turbines, Green Energy, S Renewable Energy, Green News

The ninth wind farm in South Australia just opened on the Barunga Ranges near Snowtown. Its 47 turbines, installed by Trust Power of New Zealand, (who...

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Scientists Urge Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd To Change Climate Plan

AFP | Posted 09.29.2008 | Green

Read More: Australia, Australia Emissions, Pollution, Carbon Emissions, Kevin Rudd, Green News

SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia's leading climate change scientists Monday pleaded with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to override his top adviser on the issue an...

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Another Religious Swing Vote

Jim Wallis | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Religion, Australia, Jim Wallis, Kevin Rudd, Evangelical, Poverty, Christian, Pentacostal, Politics News

One of the stories I first heard on my recent visit to Australia was about what helped swing the vote last November to Kevin Rudd, the new Labor prime...

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A Prime Minister's Preferential Option for the Poor, and the Planet

Jim Wallis | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Australia, Jim Wallis, Politics, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, Poverty, Prime Miinister Kevin Rudd, Climate Change, Sojourners, Kevin Rudd, Politics News

I encouraged the young prime minister of Australia not to underestimate the influence of middle-sized countries in providing global leadership on some of the most important issues of our time.

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Five Things We Wish George W. Bush Would Read Before His Olympic Visit to China

Jeffrey Wasserstrom and Kate Merkel-Hess | Posted 08.03.2008 | Media

Read More: Tibet Protests, Beijing Olympics, Cnn, Kevin Rudd, George W. Bush, China Olympics, Olympic Torch, Mao Zedong, China, China Tibet, China Human Rights, China Earthquake, Olympics, Media News

In recognition of the limited time he has before departing for Beijing, we've put together a brief list of the best recent China writing on the Web.

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Exclusive: 51% Of Americans Believe IOC Was Wrong to Award Olympics to China

David Weiner | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics

Read More: Gordon Brown, China Products, Beijing Pollution, Polls, Kevin Rudd, Justine Henin, China, China and the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Olympics, Olympics Boycott, Politics News

According to a new poll, American public opinion about the Olympic Games, China, and the perceived actions of the host country has changed very little since the Sichuan earthquake.

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The World Turned Upside Down

Carl Pope | Posted 11.27.2007 | Home

Read More: Bali, Kevin Rudd, Al Gore, Australia, Climate Change, Global Warming, Home News

San Francisco -- There are a lot of logical reasons for Australia -- along with Canada -- to resist joining the world effort to find solutions to glob...

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Changes Down Under

Jim Wallis | Posted 11.26.2007 | Politics

Read More: Australia, Iraq, John Howard, Kevin Rudd, Gordon Brown, Catholic Teaching, Kyoto, Politics News

Along with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Australia's new prime minister Kevin Rudd is a new kind of political leader who seeks to practice moral politics.

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What Kevin Rudd's Australia Win Means

Steve Clemons | Posted 11.24.2007 | Politics

Read More: Bill Clinton, Shinzo Abe, Sarkozy, Peter Garrett, John Howard, Tony Blair, Climate Change, Kevin Rudd, Politics News

Gordon Brown in the UK and now Kevin Rudd in Australia may be good predictors that the next U.S. president will be a Democrat.

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Australian PM John Howard Loses Election

AP | ROHAN SULLIVAN | Posted 11.24.2007 | Politics

Read More: Conservative Prime Minister John Howard, Australian Prime Minister, John Howard Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, Kevin Rudd, Warwire, Politics News

Conservative Prime Minister John Howard suffered a humiliating defeat Saturday at the hands of the left-leaning opposition, whose leader has promised ...

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