Industry sources said one farm can easily make £5m a year, while non-profit climate analysis firm InfluenceMap today claims the diesel farm industry could pick up £500m in a matter of years.
Since being elected in September, the Abbott Government has also defunded its independent Climate Commission (which has re-emerged as the not-for-profit Climate Council), scrubbed the climate change department and slashed about $700 million from an agency to fund renewable energy research, development and deployment.
Other examples include the utilities-sponsored 80 PLUS program and the non-profit Climate Savers Computing Initiative, both of which encourage IT companies to design energy-efficient power supplies that exceed Energy Star 4.0 requirements.
Another option is to create a new, anonymous email address, and use the untraceable Tor web browser and encryption software to email your chosen outlet, as the non-profit Climate Investigations Center suggests.
"Opening up this main line of cheap American coal is a pretty important signal if you are a Chinese official thinking about how much to invest in what kind of energy infrastructure," said KC Golden, senior policy adviser for the non-profit Climate Solutions, which has advocated against the proposed ports.
Businesses are shouting loudly about the threat to profit that climate poses.
He said managers had to prod businesses to study the issue more and report more, invest in companies positioned to profit from climate change, put some of their money into funds that screen businesses for socially responsible behavior, and, if they own real estate, look to reduce the environmental impact of their buildings.
We must sever the ties with those who profit from climate change -- now.
OO Ex Mexican President: EmphasizingThe Profits From Climate Action - everything that we do to address climate change will also create big profits, from investing in energy efficiency to smart city planning to adopting increasingly cheap clean renewable power, says Felipe Calderon at Responding To Climate Change.
£15 (profits to climate revolution), Vivienne Westwood for Lush 1.
Or rather, they want their universities to stop investing in firms that profit from climate-changing carbon.
