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- Carbon market flaws evident, The Australian
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- Indifference to regulatory price rises a problem, Australian Financial Review
Tag Archives: Climate Change
Carbon market flaws evident, The Australian
THE collapse of the European carbon price exposes the structural flaws of the government’s plan to cut greenhouse gases. A European Commission plan to cut emissions permits for up to seven years and thus push up their price was rejected … Continue reading
We go above, beyond with pledge, The Australian
WHILE increasing our carbon tax bill, at last December’s climate change summit in Doha the Gillard government committed to cutting emissions by more than twice as much as comparable countries. The headline story from the summit was that Canada, Japan, … Continue reading
Junk Kyoto and the carbon tax, The Australian
From Doha it’s clear the rest of the world cannot sustain the UN-led model for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, and Australia should recognise it by junking the Kyoto Protocol and the carbon tax it helped create. Late on Saturday, the … Continue reading
Failure to extend Kyoto will mean pain at home, The Australian
Over the next week the fallacy that our carbon tax is in line with international action to cut greenhouse gases will be exposed, and with serious consequences for Australia. Last Monday the latest round of international negotiations to cut global … Continue reading
EU carbon link just more hot air, The Australian
ANY business that buys cheap European emissions permits now may find them worthless by the end of the year. Linking emissions trading schemes isn’t as easy as the Gillard government makes it out to be. On Tuesday, Climate Change Minister … Continue reading
