ETS


The real costs of Rudd’s CPRS are just starting to surface

The Government’s climate change policy is incoherent and becoming ever more expensive, writes Sinclair Davidson. No amount of name-calling is going to change the fact that this policy is a lemon and needs to be radically reconsidered.

Is Rudd the worst kind of climate skeptic?

Kevin Rudd’s speech to the Lowy Institute last Friday was one of the most extraordinary pieces of rhetorical hypocrisy this country has seen in recent years, says Tim Hollo.

Golden Retriever Digest proudly presents…

… an open letter to Kevin Rudd

Ants are hilarious!

However they are not hilarious enough!

Renewable energy target: a political greasy breakfast

It’s expected the renewable energy target will be passed quickly and quietly by Parliament, which will help Malcolm Turnbull not look like the climate change bad guy, writes Lenore Taylor.

Deja vu anyone? Turnbull’s carbon plan looks very familiar

The Frontier Economics carbon policy plan revealed yesterday by Malcolm Turnbull looks familiar. Is Turnbull recycling old ideas that the government has already rejected?

The Coalition’s alternative emissions trading scheme is dead.

Long live the Coalition’s alternative emissions trading scheme!

The illustrated Wilson Tuckey

…who is he and when is he leaving?

Steve’s not buying man-made global warming

Well you can’t say Crikey didn’t try to sell climate change to Family First Senator Steve Fielding.

The Coalition: subdivided on emissions trading

Contrary to the nonsense peddled by Kevin Rudd in Question Time yesterday, Malcolm Turnbull didn’t get rolled by his party room yesterday at all. In fact, he managed a compromise with all but Costello.

Obama falls short on climate legislation

Within the bounds of normal politics a 17% cut is as much as one could hope for. But the scientific warnings have taken us beyond normal politics.

Mungo MacCallum: Wong and Rudd present ETS Plan B

Rudd must now be regretting he left the climate change debate to languish on the backburner for so long.

What does health reform have in common with the ETS?

The signals are that fundamental health reform is seen as too complex, wrapped in too many uncertainties and too likely to upset powerful interests in difficult times, writes Ian Hickie.

The Climate Institute: why Rudd’s ETS changes make sense

Erwin Jackson of The Climate Institute explains why they support Rudd’s ETS changes.

Rudd’s CPRS is full of gaping holes

The Rudd Government’s tweaking of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) does nothing to improve its environmental credibility, writes Andrew Macintosh.

Keep your ETS Safe!

A handy guide

It was a bit uncomfortable around the dinner table last night…

This is YOUR ETS!

At the Press Club to launch The Emissions Trading Scheme…

with Penny Wong, a Tesselated Gecko.

The Coalition is in deep trouble

It’s time to call in “The Cleaner”…

Emissions trading

Who’s a good boy then? Who’s a good boy?