, writes Phil Preston, the principal of Seacliff Consulting
Carbon emissions trading
Standing up for nothing leaves Labor open to attack
If asylum seekers and the abandonment of a charter of rights hadn’t made it clear, the retreat on an ETS confirms this is not a government prepared to die in a ditch over matters of high principle.
Damn the Pacific: Australia gags its island neighbours
Australia used its muscle at the Pacific Islands Forum to ensure the meeting’s climate change targets matched Kevin Rudd’s.
The top ten firms lobbying Washington on climate change
A new analysis of Senate disclosure records shows that more than 880 businesses and interest groups registered to lobby on climate change in the first quarter of 2009 — up more than 14%.
Cap-and-trade chaos
One of the unique features of cap-and-trade emission reduction schemes is the regulatory and legal exposures they bring with them, writes Giles Parkinson.
