(Carbon abatement schemes, Carbon emissions, Climate Change, The Drum) ... Emissions target increase ahead " ... in emissions since the target was set." ...

The Shortlist Daily - admin - 2012-03-28 14:11 - 0 comments

for the creation of a parliamentary committee to broker the outlines of a carbon tax/emissions trading scheme. ... negotiations leading towards its most important piece of legislation – the emissions trading scheme. Rudd ... cabinet – including his deputy, Julia Gillard – to talk him into postponing the emissions trading scheme ...

Blog - Robert Manne - 2012-03-29 11:33 - 40 comments - 0 attachments

Record jump in global carbon emissions "The world is on course for the 'worst case' scenario of global warming, with average ... (Carbon emissions, Climate Change, The Independent) ...

The Shortlist Daily - admin - 2011-12-05 14:32 - 0 comments

Conservatives tend to favour market solutions and oppose expanding the reach of government. If the emission ... problem .” Once the risks posed by our greenhouse gas emissions are recognised, the next option ... a flat-rate carbon tax. The more you emit, the more you pay.” Admittedly, what Scruton wants is not exactly ...

The Monthly - Peter Singer - 2012-02-08 14:44 - 1 comment - 0 attachments

(Carbon abatement schemes, Carbon emissions, Climate Change, Climate change activism, Independent) ...

The Shortlist Daily - admin - 2011-12-12 14:07 - 0 comments

(Carbon emissions, Climate Change, Emissions trading, Guardian) ...

The Shortlist Daily - admin - 2011-11-25 14:28 - 0 comments

has admitted, that he then erred very badly in postponing the introduction of the emissions trading ... of the Coalition for the passage of his emissions trading scheme. Because of Abbott’s election as leader of the Liberal Party, he failed. Gillard looked to the Greens for the passage of her carbon tax and renewable ...

Blog - Robert Manne - 2012-01-23 05:06 - 13 comments - 0 attachments

(Carbon emissions, Climate Change, Energy, Renewable Energy, Bulletin of the Atomic Sciences) ...

The Shortlist Daily - admin - 2011-11-25 14:28 - 0 comments

the carbon tax. His proudest achievements are the 2 million trees planted by his administration, the 500 hectares of city land saved from development, and successfully offsetting all the carbon emissions from ... emissions, Carbon tax, Energy, Floods, Gay Marriage, John Howard, Kevin Rudd, Labor Party, Liberal Party, ...

The Monthly - Nick Bryant - 2011-12-01 10:30 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

have believed that an increase in certain gases in the atmosphere – most importantly carbon dioxide – ... Even without any further greenhouse gas emissions, a further increase of 0.5°C in global temperature is guaranteed. Despite one international attempt to reduce greenhouse gas emissions – the Kyoto Protocol – ...

Blog - Robert Manne - 2011-12-12 10:46 - 31 comments - 0 attachments

the former Rudd government’s emissions trading scheme, toppling Malcolm Turnbull as Liberal leader ... Bernardi’s singular achievement is having helped destroy the Rudd government’s emissions trading scheme in 2009 and, with it, Malcolm Turnbull’s leadership. His opposition to the ETS, and later the carbon tax, ...

The Monthly - Sally Neighbour - 2011-12-01 10:30 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

theory of climate change; global warming is happening; it is primarily caused by the emission of greenhouse gases, especially carbon dioxide; and it is certain to have profound effects in the future.” Pell ... are seeking to create public confusion about the likely impact of increasing greenhouse gas emissions and when ...

Blog - Robert Manne - 2011-10-31 14:21 - 2 comments - 0 attachments

Amidst the heated debate around the introduction of a carbon tax in Australia, leading environmentalist ... the political environment in Australia, global emissions reduction efforts and the issues around communicating ...

SlowTV - admin - 2011-09-19 16:43 - 2 comments - 0 attachments

motive in Great Britain. Is Gillard’s carbon tax, which gives back to lower- and middle-income households ... and subscribe to his people’s revolt, the carbon tax is the worst thing that ever happened to a nation. ... to be persuaded? Tony Abbott has been pursuing office on a promise of stability. His campaign against the carbon ...

The Monthly - George Megalogenis - 2011-12-01 15:47 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

Carbon pricing: Is this man's job really ... and we make the most carbon-intensive aluminium in the world. Shifting aluminium offshore would lead to global emissions going down, not up." ...

The Shortlist Daily - admin - 2011-07-19 13:22 - 0 comments

Carbon won't cost the clever consumers "The impact of a carbon price on food, goods and services is expected to average less than 1.6 per cent: that's if the suppliers of those items take no action to cut their emissions ...

The Shortlist Daily - admin - 2011-07-19 13:22 - 0 comments

no carbon price at the bowser; billions of dollars going to emission-intensive power generators; $1.3 ... emission-intensive coal-fired generation to exit the industry is an admission pricing carbon this way won’t achieve ... released earlier this year. They envisage Australia’s domestic emissions (excluding carbon credit imports) ...

The Monthly - Guy Pearse - 2011-09-19 12:34 - 4 comments - 0 attachments

change by increasing spin rather than cutting emissions. He explains that emissions generated ...

SlowTV - admin - 2011-09-14 11:32 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

cutting emissions. He explains that emissions generated by the state’s coal exports are Queensland’s ...

SlowTV - admin - 1970-01-01 10:33 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

gas emissions from power stations” and “pave the way for biological carbon collection on a much larger ... trolley was made with algae fed with carbon dioxide from a large industrial facility, such as a coal-fired ... to the rescue! The hard sell is brewing. No one has found the perfect catchcry but ‘bio–carbon capture ...

The Monthly - Guy Pearse - 2011-08-04 12:03 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

(Carbon abatement schemes, Climate Change, ETS, Greenhouse gas emissions, The Age) ... on climate change programs, delivering only small reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. They have cost an average $168 for each tonne of carbon dioxide abated." ...

The Shortlist Daily - admin - 2011-08-03 14:40 - 0 comments

vote on the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at Copenhagen, this seminar explores the outlook for a carbon trading scheme in Australia and what it will mean for business, individuals, and Australia’s contribution to greenhouse gas emissions ...

SlowTV - admin - 1970-01-01 10:33 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

vote on the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at Copenhagen, this seminar explores the outlook for a carbon trading scheme in Australia and what it will mean for business, individuals, and Australia’s contribution to greenhouse gas emissions ...

SlowTV - admin - 1970-01-01 10:33 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

vote on the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change at Copenhagen, this seminar explores the outlook for a carbon trading scheme in Australia and what it will mean for business, individuals, and Australia’s contribution to greenhouse gas emissions ...

SlowTV - admin - 1970-01-01 10:33 - 0 comments - 0 attachments

University and Warwick McKibbin, Lowy Institute Professorial Fellow discuss how to include terrestrial carbon in emissions trading systems as part of the climate change solution. Sydney, November 2008 (Part 2 of 2) ...

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