Europe has failed to provide a strong enough signal to encourage private investment to switch away from carbon-intensive technologies, writes Giles Parkinson .
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The great carbon heist
Australia’s carbon emissions have increased by 30% since Kyoto, but thanks to the theft of 83.7 million tonnes of carbon credits from family farmers, the government can claim it’s only 9%, reports Steve Truman.
Banks jockeying to do it all over again with carbon trading
As news circulates on the internet allegations that giant banks will make a killing on carbon trading, there are fears the scheme presents a high probability for fraud and insider trading.
Beijing builds the Wall Street of carbon trading
They may still be one of the biggest polluters in the world, but China is laying the groundwork to build an epic carbon trading market, which it claims will let Western companies offset their emissions faster and cheaper than in the US or the EU.
Turnbull seals his fate
The notion of fighting the government’s ETS by producing one of your own is complete incompetence and shows Malcolm Turnbull just doesn’t “get” politics, says Graham Young. This will be the final nail in his coffin.
Gottliebsen: The coming carbon crisis
Australia’s proposed carbon trading scheme is the product of an inexperienced government and an incompetent opposition, writes Robert Gottliebsen. If it goes ahead, expect to see global energy capital disappear from our shores, with huge implications for all citizens.
Will carbon offsets actually work?
Companies might be better off investing in the technology required to become environmentally friendly upfront than buying carbon credits.
The coming green trade war
European, Indian and Chinese officials claim that America’s proposed cap-and-trade system for carbon puts them at a competitive disadvantage, and are warning it could spell trouble.
Curing clean-tech myopia
While the “responsible‘“part of the global investment community might once have considered itself at the margin of the industry, it has now become quite material — and issues such as carbon, water, waste, food and energy security will ensure it will become more so in the future, writes Giles Parkinson.
Crikey Says: Crikey says
Today Ross Garnaut has reduced expectations of Australian climate change action to a point below which anyone other than Andrew Bolt and a handful of suddenly sweating penguins could object.
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.
Kohler: Lowest carbon denominator on the energy desk
The market is saying that the Rudd Government’s climate change policy will be half as tough on Australian companies as the European policy is, writes Alan Kohler.
Here come the rentseekers
If anyone thinking the Green Paper scheme proposed this week is a solid start and can be strengthened later, wait til you see what it looks like after industry lobbyists and trade unions have got through with it, writes Bernard Keane.
Spinning the Green Paper 1: a better sell than the budget
The selling of the Green paper has been a far superior sell job by the government than this year’s May budget, a sign that the government is maturing, writes Adam Kilgour.
Spinning the Green Paper II: the 24-hour approach
The Government’s Green paper pitch was compromised by its fixation on short term objectives, writes Trevor Cook.
Green Paper: ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated?
Whatever else the emissions trading scheme announced by Penny Wong yesterday will be, it won’t be very good at cutting our carbon emissions, writes Bernard Keane.
Pearse: Rudd following Howard’s lead?
Kevin Rudd may not look like he’s following John Howard on climate change, but he may well be, writes Guy Pearse.
Hamilton: Shameless political capitulation
The Green Paper confirms that the Rudd Government does not really get climate change, neither its urgency nor its seriousness, writes Clive Hamilton.
Is carbon trading another GST?
Is an emissions trading scheme Kevin Rudd’s GST? asks Charles Richardson.
Mungo: We need Kevin to be a climate hero
Will Kevin Rudd have the courage to do what is necessary on climate? Mungo MacCallum has his doubts.
Why carbon trading means changing the takeover laws
The cost of carbon not only needs to be reflected in takeover law, but it represents a business opportunity for Australia, writes Glenn Dyer.
Antidotes to Liberal climate quackery
When Greg Hunt declares that the Coalition is behind an emissions trading scheme, he’s either lying or he’s totally out of touch with his colleagues, writes Bernard Keane.
It’s not easy being green when you’re flogging power stations
The 7.30 Report had a fascinating story last night about the impending collapse of the NSW carbon trading system – something which Bob Carr gloated two months ago was one of his finest achievements.
