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.
Garnaut Report
Milne: Still time for PM Rudd to lead
It’s not too late for Rudd and Wong still have a chance to lead from the front, writes Greens senator Christine Milne.
Green Paper reaction: Too big, too small, just right
There’s no show without the columnists. Here’s what some of Crikey’s favourites were saying about the government’s Green Paper.
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.
Keane: Safe, but is that the biggest risk of all?
Yet again the Government has shown it is unwilling to risk any political damage, even in prosecuting major reforms, writes Bernard Keane.
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 Rudd truly serious on climate change?
If Rudd was serious about achieving a workable emissions trading scheme, he should’ve engaged Brendan Nelson, writes Bernard Keane. Hasn’t happened.
A good, but not great – nor green – day
The Government’s Green Paper has fallen short, writes John Connor.
Wong’s Green paper: what it means
This is as much a handout bonanza for our biggest polluters as it is an emissions trading scheme, says Bernard Keane.
Wong’s Green paper: what’s in it
The emission trading scheme proposal unveiled by Penny Wong this afternoon is a light-touch model intended to forestall criticism from politically-potent sectors such as the coal industry, motorists and exporters, says Bernard Keane.
Video: Wong’s Press Club speech
Climate change minister Penny Wong’s Green Paper launch at the Press Club.
Crikey’s green paper: these are the climate options
Rather than wait for Penny Wong, we thought we’d jump the gun with our own Paper on the options for addressing climate change, writes Bernard Keane.
Green Paper II: the Crikey appendix
Crikey has stolen everyone else’s ideas from our coverage over the past two years to bring you our very own Green Paper ahead of Penny Wong’s release tomorrow.
Climate Institute: All eyes on the government now
If the Government responds with the right policies, today, the fourth of July, would mark an important step towards carbon independence day, writes John Connor of The Climate Institute.
Keane: Not an easy political sell
Most problematically for a government that is rumoured to have already decided to reduce fuel excise to offset a carbon price, Garnaut declared himself opposed to that, writes Bernard Keane.
Keane: Garnaut paints disturbing future for Australia
Garnaut’s draft report paints a disturbing picture of the potentially immense costs of climate change for Australia, writes Bernard Keane.
Pearce: Garnaut Review points to the political challenges ahead
Ross Garnaut has delivered the science, now it’s over the government to deliver emissions trading scheme. And that’s no small task, writes David Pearce, Director and Principal Policy Analyst at the Centre for International Economics.
Milne: Garnaut can’t see the forest for the trees
Fair cop, Ross Garnuat got a few things right. But blind spots remain, writes Greens Senator Christine Milne.
Blogwatch: First reactions to the Garnaut Review
Clean coal. Really? … The worst thing since Whitlam .. Grim look at Murray-Darling Basin.
Pearse: Ingredients for another failed response
Ross Garnaut deserves praise for raising awareness about climate change. But most of the ingredients for another failed response to can be found in the pages of his draft report, writes Guy Pearse.
Video: Garnaut’s opening remarks
YouTube footage of Ross Garnaut’s report launch.
Garnaut followed by frog plague and death of all firstborns!
Are we ready for a dose of Prof Garnaut’s climate change medicine? asks Bernard Keane.
Will Garnaut let the goblins out of the box?
If the Garnaut report continues the government’s reliance on a carbon trading solution, we leave the future in the hands of the free market.
Revisiting the science on global warming: it ain’t pretty
With the release of the Garnaut Climate Change Review’s draft report on Friday, it’s worth quickly revisiting the reason for all of this — the changing state of the climate system, writes Ian McHugh.
Kohler: Business concern over carbon trading, but Wong’s not talking
Beneath the sudden appearance of hypocrisy and confusion in the politics of climate change lie a couple of genuinely disturbing and difficult problems, writes Alan Kohler.
