Housebuilders Steward Milne have announced a zero-carbon house, according to the FT.
“Unveiling its four- bedroomed demonstration house yesterday the Aberdeen-based company said achieving green status added £20,000 to its cost, mainly because of the micro-renewable equipment needed. But it expects this differential to fall after production levels increase.
The house, designed with PRP, the architects, [...]

We are not the only ones to criticize the environmental and climate change mitigation policies of the Australian Federal Government of John Howard. Victor Mallet has an commentary in the FT, which says in part:
“Two arguments can be advanced as to why Australians should stop worrying about the environment. The first is that Australia [...]