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Crikey Clarifier: why is the EU carbon scheme hitting our budget?

Europe’s low carbon price hit Australia’s budget last week in a big way. Erwin Jackson from the Climate Institute explains why, and looks at what might happen next.

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Climate: sweeping cuts to programs — and more to come?

The budget has axed $2.4 billion from climate programs as the government compensates for a likely big drop in revenue from the carbon price from 2015. And there might be much bigger cuts to come next year.

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Richard Farmer’s chunky bits: Abbott wins the TV race

I know many of you would like to think that elections are won and lost on serious matters but this battle of the images counts and so far the Liberals are winning it.

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PromiseWatch 2013: climate change and carbon pricing

Crikey’s PromiseWatch project shifts its gaze to climate change.

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Richard Farmer’s chunky bits

CO2 reaches a milestone we don’t want, and other tidbits from today.

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The dirty little secret to tackling climate change

Recent data shows that without Australia’s population boom, we’d probably have greenhouse gas emissions under control. So why is no one talking about whether an Australia of 62 million is environmentally sustainable?

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Richard Farmer’s chunky bits: Joyce, what a blooming mistake

The Central Bank of Ireland set out to commemorate one of the island’s most famous sons with a 10 euro coin. Above the face of James Joyce is apparently a quote from Ulysses:

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Beauty & horror of climate change: interview with Chasing Ice director Jeff Orlowski

Jeff Orlowski’s Oscar-nominated climate change documentary Chasing Ice reveals the delicate craft of measuring global warming on glacial ice. It’s no easy task — and neither is making a film about it. Orlowski speaks with Luke Buckmaster.

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The climate change superpower is China — can US catch up?

A report out today shows the US is falling behind in the global low-carbon economy, while China surges ahead. Barack Obama has promised action on climate; what options does he have? The Climate Institute deputy CEO Erwin Jackson reports.

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Tips and rumours

Zed’s dead, baby … friction in new climate merger? … Simon Crean’s lunch date …

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Heavy weather for Defence: climate change and the ADF

The Defence Force can’t ignore climate change, writes Australian Strategic Policy Institute deputy director Anthony Bergin. A new report outlines the environment-related challenges facing our forces.

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Scientists should hold the insults in climate debate

Renowned doomsdayer Paul Ehrlich is in Australia — and the response of some scientists to his speech indicates they’re taking the wrong tack in the global warming debate, argues Stephen Bartos.

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The Power Index: carbon cutters, bureaucratic troika at #1

Three senior bureaucrats have taken the country on a bold economic experiment to address climate change. Martin Parkinson, Blair Comley and Ross Garnaut have fingerprints all over the carbon price — but is that such a good thing?

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The Power Index: carbon cutters, Martijn Wilder at #5

Martijn Wilder is the world’s top climate lawyer by some accounts. So does he think the law is letting down the environment when it comes to global warming? And if it is, who’s to blame? Read about the lawyer whose management skills and networking have taken him to the top of Australia’s low-carbon economy.

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The Power Index: carbon cutters, Andrew Grant at #7

Maybe money does grow on trees. Businessman Andrew Grant is making plenty from forests to reduce CO2, but he’s not a typical greenie. He thinks Australia has stuffed up decarbonisation — and business has to fix it.

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The Power Index: carbon cutters, Jane Sargison at #10

There are a lot of solutions on the cusp,” says up-and-coming engineer Dr Jane Sargison on the task of reducing carbon emissions. Now she’s stepped out of her Hobart laboratory to lobby for the cash and commitment in Australian boardrooms to make them happen. Sargison comes in at #10 on The Power Index list.

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The Power Index: our long list of carbon cutters

The Power Index is profiling the top 10 people who are de-carbonising Australia’s economy. Read our long list of the top 25 here, before we launch into the pointy end of the list tomorrow …

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The Power Index: who’s doing the heavy lifting on carbon?

Who’s really cutting carbon in Australia? The Power Index uncovers the most influential: the business chiefs, lawyers, regulators and bureaucrats driving the green economy as concerns mount globally over climate change.

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How to spot a fake grassroots movement

A new study show how the Tea Party was conceived by tobacco executives with Citizens for a Sound Economy, a group established by billionaire brothers David and Charles Koch. Graham Readfearn explains.

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Obama’s new global warming push leaves Abbott in the cold

Barack Obama championed a cap-and-trade scheme on climate change yesterday. With a hostile Congress, he’ll struggle to achieve it. Still it leaves the Tea Party-esque Tony Abbott behind on climate policy.

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Tips and rumours

The Oz surveys on ABC bias … perks for Customs staff? … Q&A fantasy panellists Julian Assange, Lee Lin Chin …

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Tips and rumours

Labor takes foreign cash … Fin writer takes on the scientists … who’s employed a drug dealer, besides (allegedly) Essendon? …

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Essential: elections, the economy and Australia Day love/hate

Australians are less pessimistic about the economy than last year, today’s Essential Report finds, but partisanship affects the way we feel — including about Australia Day.

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Abbott’s adviser hates wind farms, doubts climate change

Tony Abbott’s latest Coalition policy statement remains short on climate policy detail. More worrying is his selection of a noted anti-wind farm advocate and climate change sceptic as lead business adviser.

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Deconstructing Tony: Abbott and the manufacture of authenticity

Tony Abbott’s efforts to portray himself as an everyday bloke sit uneasily with his previous attempts to be a conservative intellectual.

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