Here’s a question: when do you expect Australia will be able to produce 25% of its electricity needs from clean energy sources. By 2020? 2030? 2050? The numbers crunch numerous ways, says Giles Parkinson.
Renewable Energy Target
You have consensus PM, you just need the political will
Julia Gillard has been well warned of the perils of ignoring climate change. So after years of overwhelming public support for action on climate change, it is odd for her to be speaking of the need to “build consensus”. All she really needs is the political will.
Turnbull underlings wrecking the Libs
Last night Malcolm Turnbull should have flown back to Sydney, gone home and had a few stiff drinks. It has been a hell of a week for him. And this time, it wasn’t of his own making.
Sucking the RENT out of RET
The RET is now the only game in town in terms of driving any sort of move to a lower-carbon economy — and it’s being further degraded by rentseekers and whingeing industries demanding a free kick.
Never mind the RET, let’s just thrash the opposition
The Government’s emissions trading bill isn’t the only climate change-related bill coming back next week: during the last Parliamentary session, the CPRS picked up a hitchhiker in the form of the bill to implement the Government’s Renewable Energy Target.
The Climate Institute: why Rudd’s ETS changes make sense
Erwin Jackson of The Climate Institute explains why they support Rudd’s ETS changes.
Big polluters on a roll as public picks up the energy bill
The Government’s decision to exempt the biggest electricity users from its mandatory Renewable Energy Target will cost households and energy-efficient businesses.
