Some of Australia’s biggest polluters continue to say one thing in public about the CPRS and tell their shareholders another.
Australian Conservation Foundation
Calling TRUenergy’s CPRS bluff
There is a peculiar distinction between what large polluters like TRUEnergy say in their quest for additional compensation, and what they tell key financial stakeholders like customers and shareholders.
The $20b CPRS amendments with no budget impact
The Opposition believes its proposed CPRS amendments will have little or no fiscal impact, despite a suggested significant increase in compensation for trade-exposed polluters and the removal of coal emissions from the scheme.
Tips and rumours: Tips and rumours: Playing both sides of the Hockey field
Joe Hockey has been out locking in the support of Liberal moderates, The Age is still trying to slash funding for journalism awards, Fairfax pull stumps on “the best paper that Colac has ever had” are more hot tips.
Fuel reduction would not — did not — stop Black Saturday
Climate change is upon us and the old ways of thinking about vegetation management also need to be reviewed, writes Lindsay Hesketh.
Polluters tell governments one thing and investors another … The Oz cheers them on
Evidence of the peculiar difference between what the big polluters say to investors and what they say publicly continues to emerge.
Companies must justify their ETS whingeing
The hypocrisy — or, more accurately, blatant dishonesty — of some of our biggest polluters is on the public record. Roll up Boral, Bluescope Steel, Caltex, Rio Tinto, Woodside and Xstrata.
The ETS: our very own pig with lipstick
If the Government’s ETS will not provide the right signals and incentives for a shift to a low-carbon economy, then doing nothing or doing something else is the better option.
Under Rudd’s ETS, it will pay to drive your car
The Australian Conservation Foundation has worked out that motorists will actually receive a subsidy from the proposed fuel tax arrangements under the ETS.
An ETS so bad, it makes tax and Liberals look good
The ground is shifting under the Government’s climate change approach and its previously politically strong position on the issue is being undermined, writes Bernard Keane.
Geosequestration — trickier than keeping a fart under the doona?
ACF hasn’t ruled out the possibility that CCS could work. But it is up to the coal industry to prove that it works and that it’s safe, writes Phil Freeman.
Budget loophole on company cars must be closed
In the upcoming budget, it is crucial the Government signals a restructure of the FBT rules for company cars, writes Charles Berger
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