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Emissions Trading: what the ….?

February 24th, 2009 · No Comments

Just at the time Australia is launching into an emissions trading scheme, the EU one appears to be faltering. Eek. In this post we’ve collected links to articles and videos on the European scheme and the political stoush that’s happening here in Oz. (We predict it’s only a matter of time before the Opposition here [...]

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Tags: Carbon trading · Climate change · Energy · Politics · Pollution

Garnaut lashes out at climate change sceptics (in his own gentile way)

July 18th, 2008 · No Comments

The good professor has a message for the sceptics who still don’t believe in climate change and the scaremongers who would have us believe the sky will fall in if we re-gear our economy to lower our carbon emissions. Listen to the podcast interview with Ross Garnaut on climate change.

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Climate change – the mother of all environmental issues

July 15th, 2008 · 1 Comment

The program for this week is on climate change. And specifically the Garnaut Review and where Australia is headed. We have an interview with Professor Ross Garnaut and comments from leading green and business groups. Check out the show live to air on Thursday 17 July at 9am – streamed live at 2ser [...]

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The new carbon emissions trading scheme: will it be choked by competing ambitions?

July 15th, 2008 · 4 Comments

A carbon emissions trading scheme is coming soon. In 18 months in fact. But what will it look like?
It seems the two majors parties are heading for a showdown on the shape of it. And thrown into the mix is a newly configured senate. A strange assortment of new powerbrokers – The Greens, [...]

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What is carbon trading and can it work?

January 13th, 2008 · 1 Comment

How do we go about reducing our carbon emissions? Increasingly we’re hearing about carbon trading, but what exactly is carbon trading, aren’t there schemes running already, do they work, and what’s the best configuration for Australia?
Phil Stubbs spoke to Matt Dever from Emit Environmental Brokers to find out.
For a fuller explanation, I’ve added this link [...]

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