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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Timber looks to bailouts, concessions to ward off undertakers
What’s the timber industry quietly seeking from government behind closed doors? What happens in these discussions will shape the debate for at least a decade, write Andrew Macintosh and Richard Denniss.
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Renewable energy hit by an irrelevant debate
Should the renewable energy target be reduced? Origin Energy is calling it for it to be a “real” 20% share of the market, but just how does one classify “real”?
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Coal rebuffed: review sticks with status quo on RET
A broad-based attack on renewable energy subsidies has failed, as the government’s Climate Change Authority defiantly sticks with the status quo on the renewable energy target.
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How heavy industry actually profits from the RET
The government’s sweetener offsets to ease the pain the renewable energy target for energy-intensive industries may actually overshoot the predicted rise in electricity costs.
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Why power generators suddenly care about consumers
The dominant incumbent power generators (with the exception of AGL) are all gunning for the Renewable Energy Target to be slashed.
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How crippling the RET could cost you
Slashing the RET could actually increase overall costs to consumers. And it appears TRUenergy — which is now pushing for RET dilution — agreed just a few months ago.
READ MORETime to untangle the web of renewable energy policies
The RET was intended to let the market choose the cheapest way to generate renewable energy. But it all got very complicated, write Andrew Macintosh and Richard Denniss.
READ MOREWhat nobody wants to say about the carbon tax package
The government’s carbon tax package contains a surprising number of contradictory mechanisms and objectives which will need to be streamlined and reconciled. Richard Denniss and Andrew Macintosh explain.
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Renewable energy targets: 10 years on, will we ever hit them?
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.
READ MOREYou 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.
READ MORETurnbull 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.
READ MORESucking 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.
READ MORENever 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.
READ MOREThe Climate Institute: why Rudd’s ETS changes make sense
Erwin Jackson of The Climate Institute explains why they support Rudd’s ETS changes.
READ MOREBig 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.
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