The Coalition’s reliance on the passage of US emissions trading legislation to delay a vote Australia’s own version may yet become problematic, writes Bernard Keane.
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Michelle Grattan: Hope for Australia’s ETS deal?
The Chairman of the Coalition backbench climate change committee has added to the pressure for an early ETS deal. And there are hints — albeit small ones — that Malcolm Turnbull might now be more amenable.
Politicians who vote against climate change guilty of treason
So the House passed the Waxman-Markey climate-change bill. Great, says Paul Krugman. But as for the 212 representatives who tried to say no, they’ve offended the planet.
Crikey Says: American sceptics take succour from Steve
Makes you proud, doesn’t it, to read tales of distinguished Australians making a name for themselves abroad. Cue Steven Fielding.
Why won’t Wong look at bigger emissions cuts?
Why does the Government consistently refuse to even model what 40% emissions cuts would mean, something the Greens have asked for repeatedly over many months? asks Tim Hollo.
Bartlett: What matters about Utegate
The endless hours the press has devoted to Utegate have been at the expense of examining issues, policies and legislation that directly affect people’s lives — such as the ETS, writes Andrew Bartlett.
BEST OF TODAY’S COMMENTARY
- AKERMAN: Get the truth before the ute bolts
- CRABB: Parliament turns into a bad Harry Potter novel
- ATKINS: Turnbull gets derailed by ego
- KERR: Infected anger
Steve Fielding: sorry, I’m just not convinced
Senator Steve Fielding has now released a document — with help from climate-sceptic scientists — stating that “global temperature isn’t rising” and he won’t risk jobs on “unconvincing green science”.
Crikey Says: Emissions Trading Scheme on ice
At no stage has the federal government acted in good faith in regard to its Emissions Trading Scheme; it shouldn’t be surprised at the need to delay it.
Nick Xenophon: why I won’t vote for the ETS
In the first in a Crikey series, Senator Nick Xenophon explains why he won’t be voting for the government’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme.
Andrew Bartlett: Feisty final Senate week ahead
The Senate is moving into its final sitting week til mid-August with a large pile of legislation the government insists must be dealt with. And yet the ETS alone could take that long to debate.
Wong’s cynical renewable energy play
The Government is happy to sacrifice its Renewable Energy Target for political expediency.
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.
Time for Wong to make a tough call on ETS
“It can’t be done while supporting jobs.” Senator Wong’s comment against strengthening the ETS suggests the government thinks it can have two bob each way on this issue. It can’t, says Andrew Bartlett.
Senator Fielding ventures to the climate sceptic heartland
Steve Fielding’s climate change scepticism pilgrimage to Heartland, USA, won’t change the ETS vote.
Forest carbon market DOA?
A forest carbon market is emerging in the lead up to Copenhagen, but can protecting rainforests in the third world really save the planet?
Boom times for clean energy (with or without Rudd’s help)
Despite all of the dithering over the ETS here in Australia and the post-Kyoto international agreement, the transition to a clean energy economy is slowly gathering pace, writes John Hepburn.
GFC killed the ETS and Wong won’t negotiate
Warren Truss can rest easy. Penny Wong isn’t serious about negotiating with the Greens and independents over the Government’s emissions trading scheme.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Banks respond to Crikey’s article
Will Rayner, Head of Investor Relations, Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited, responds to Crikey article: Bendigo and Adelaide should come clean on MIS.
Canberra Calling: Opposition nails ETS colours to the mast… and they’re invisible!
How can having no position at all be interpreted as a victory for Malcolm Turnbull?
Whatever happens to the ETS, it represents colossal failure
There are three possible outcomes for the Government’s emissions trading bill and all of them indicate failure.
Turnbull’s ETS deferral is only a distraction
Malcolm Turnbull’s decision on emissions trading is a sort of Frankenstein’s monster, sewn together from bits of National Party hostility, climate scepticism and moderate enthusiasm.
Rudd’s 25% carbon target is just a stunt
Why would the Government put forward a 25% target that hasn’t been modelled and is based on conditions that cannot be satisfied, asks Andrew Macintosh.
Deconstructing the mining industry’s ETS data
A panel of Crikey experts deconstruct the mining industry’s job data manipulation for Australia’s emissions trading scheme.
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.
Cairns Post vox pop answers prove sound grabs work
Cairns Post vox popees grapple with the ETS changes.
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