Climate's right for change to carbon debate
Greens MP Adam Bandt and the independents who threw their lot in with Labor have made it clear they would like to see the Federal Government take action to address climate change.
Click here for full storyThe most significant policy issue in the deal struck between the Australian Greens and the Australian Labor Party was that of climate policy.
Click here for full storyAustralia must introduce a price on carbon to give businesses the certainty needed to invest in clean energy and to create jobs, 20 companies including General Electric Co., Siemens AG and Vestas Wind Systems A/S said.
Click here for full storyAUSTRALIA is failing to meet its international responsibilities by delaying the introduction of an emissions trading scheme, Mike Rann said yesterday.
Click here for full storyAustralia could accelerate action on climate change, possibly resurrecting an emissions trading scheme, after independent and Greens MPs won the balance of power in elections that left a hung parliament.
Click here for full storyIndependent MP Rob Oakeshott says an emissions trading scheme should be a key policy of any government he and the other crossbenchers will help to form.
Click here for full storyBUSINESS believes a hung parliament and the Greens holding the Senate balance of power could cause uncertainty and hit economic reform.
Click here for full storyAmid the hurly-burly of the election campaign, Prime Minister Julia Gillard has been stalked by an unusual protester: an elephant. Its accompanying sign reads: "The elephant is in the room: reduce (carbon) pollution."
Click here for full storyAustralia’s Greens party would raise the government’s proposed levy on coal and iron ore profits and push for a carbon tax if voters give the group more power in this weekend’s election, party leader Senator Bob Brown said.
Click here for full storyA NEW carbon farming initiative has been unveiled by the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, during her first rural visit of the Federal election campaign near Ballina on Saturday.
Click here for full storyThe Federal Government will today outline a plan to help farmers earn money for selling carbon credits on the international market.
Click here for full storyMAJOR industry players have warned that uncertainty over greenhouse gas reduction policy is undermining long-term wholesale supplies.
Click here for full storyWE all know both Labor and the Coalition have jettisoned plans to implement an emissions trading scheme to tame climate change. But Australia is not alone in failing to put a price on carbon. Global warming fatigue is setting in all over the world.
Click here for full storyOil refiner and marketer Caltex Australia Ltd says motorists should be excluded from any proposed carbon pollution reduction scheme because it would be ineffective at reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Click here for full storyPREMIER John Brumby has exposed Julia Gillard over climate change by unveiling an ambitious plan that would require hundreds of millions of dollars in federal support and - eventually - a national carbon price.
Click here for full storyThe Greens will force the introduction of a carbon price if it wins the balance of power in the senate, leader Bob Brown promised hundreds of party faithful in Brisbane today.
Click here for full storyBIG business energy users fear continued uncertainty over emissions trading could lead to more dramatic price rises.
Click here for full storyThe US ambassador to Australia has spoken of the need to resist delay on action on climate change - and the benefits of a carbon price - as the issue heats up on the Australian election campaign.
Click here for full storyGBI Research’s report, “The Global Carbon Trading Market – Concepts, Regulations and Industry Trends to 2020″ provides an in-depth analysis on the global carbon trading market.
Click here for full storyPOWER companies have slashed $10 billion from their spending plans because of growing uncertainty over carbon policy, an industry survey reveals. According to the Energy Supply Association of Australia, utilities expect their capital expenditure on new power stations in the next five years will be $8.2 billion, down from $18 billion last year. The industry, which has complained that repeated delays to emissions trading have stalled investment, blamed the fall on carbon policy uncertainty and tighter access to credit.
Click here for full story9/07/2010 - he coalition has upped the ante in its opposition to imposing a carbon price on Australians.
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott strengthened his resolve on the issue on Sunday.
"There will be no carbon price on consumers under a coalition government, none whatsoever," Mr Abbott told reporters in Sydney.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard has yet to announce her climate change policy but Mr Abbott is certain it will include a price on carbon.
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Carbon cap to spur nukes, gas, renewables
About half of the electricity in the U.S. is made by burning coal, but a limit on carbon emissions from utilities would lead to a shift toward nuclear, natural gas, and renewable energy, according to a report.
Click here for full storyAustralia's government has agreed new policies on climate change, a sensitive issue for voters in upcoming elections, including a commitment to set an interim price on carbon, a newspaper reported on Thursday.
Click here for full storyRoss Garnaut called climate change a “diabolical policy problem” but of course it’s turned out to be a diabolical political problem as well. It killed off two Opposition leaders and gave Kevin Rudd a healthy shove. And it certainly didn’t help John Howard’s desperate attempts to retain power.
Click here for full storyThe head of renewable energy company AGL Energy Ltd says a price on carbon is needed to guarantee the security of Australia's energy future.
Click here for full storyA member of the Reserve Bank board says Prime Minister Julia Gillard's decision to rule out a price on carbon for some years is ill advised.
Click here for full storyDespite ruling out any kind of carbon price before 2012, Julia Gillard says she's still the safest bet for the planet.
Click here for full storyA carbon economist at the University College of London in Adelaide says using gas, rather than a carbon price, will reduce Australia's emissions.
Click here for full storyOVER the past two weeks, many have said that climate change policies wiped out two prime ministers, John Howard and Kevin Rudd, and loused up two opposition leaders, Brendan Nelson and Malcolm Turnbull. What are the prospects for Julia Gillard?
Gillard, who reportedly pushed Rudd into shelving the emissions trading scheme, has said that her goal is to put a price on carbon. What exactly does that mean? Is this carbon price fixed, floating, or both? Labor's backdown on the mining tax suggests we may never have the answer. Gillard's government showed the world that it can be bashed up by aggressive companies that can run expensive advertising campaigns and get the media onside. Vested interests will be taking notes for future reference in the inevitable battle over a carbon price and emissions trading.
Click here for full storyWhat a red letter day on Thursday! We saw the introduction of the ETS - the scheme that few understand and that no-one believes will save the planet.
Click here for full storyThe Australian government may have been unable to get its carbon trading plan through the Senate, but New Zealand started its scheme yesterday - and consumers were greeted with the promise of an instant price rise by electricity and fuel companies.
Click here for full storyThe IEA has just launched a new edition of Energy Technology Perspectives (ETP). The study presents updated scenarios from the present to 2050 that show which new technologies will be most important in key sectors and in different regions of the world for achieving the goal of halving global CO2 emissions by 2050.
Click here for full storyAustralian companies are becoming concerned about the impact of potential alternatives to the Federal Government’s CPR Scheme, according to a new survey.
Click here for full storyFormer Australian of the Year, Professor Tim Flannery, has told delegates at the Climate Adaptation Futures conference on Queensland's Gold Coast that it is vital a carbon pollution reduction scheme (CPRS) is introduced.
Click here for full storyKevin Rudd's fatal slide in the polls turned serious after he shelved his emissions trading scheme until at least 2013.
Click here for full storyThe nation's top climate bureaucrat is sticking with the ETS in the face of speculation that the scheme is dead.
Click here for full storyNever mind the bollocks, it's time for Labor and the Greens to hoick sleeves and do a deal on climate change that will put a price on carbon and drag the Australian economy into the future.
Click here for full storyPoliticians usually at the front of the scrum when claims are made that New Zealand leads the world have been noticeably shy about the nation's emissions trading scheme (ETS) which kicks up several notches on July 1.
Click here for full storyIts been a tough week for Kevin Rudd. First his country’s soccer side was bounced unceremoniously out of the world cup. At the same time the non-soccer loving nation of the US not only went through, but topped their group. But for Rudd this was not the worst of the week.
Click here for full storyPrime Minister Kevin Rudd's backflip on an emissions trading scheme could cost Labor four marginal seats in Queensland, a new poll suggests.
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