Probably the most frustrating argument I have heard in support of the CPRS is this notion that, even though it is acknowledged as appalling policy, “something is better than nothing”. I’m sorry, that might sound nice, but it’s a logical fallacy. Of course there are cases where it may be better to do something that [...]
READ MOREMay, 2010
The unfettered self-interest of International Power
In 1996, when International Power was sufficiently foolish to pay $2.35billion for Australia’s most polluting power station, they clearly hadn’t been reading the news. It was two years after the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) came into force, and six years after the first report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [...]
READ MOREDo you have the “I’ve done my bit” feeling?
So while K-Rudd et al. are busy ensuring that Australia doesn’t act on climate change, and Mr Abbott is branding everything with his ‘great big tax’ stamp, what can the average Australian do to reduce their own carbon footprint?
READ MOREThe smoking gun – Labor always planned to shut the Greens out of the ETS
The ALP has, predictably, started a major campaign against the Greens, trying to blame the party for the collapse of its appalling emissions trading scheme. Lindsay Tanner, whose seat is vulnerable to the Greens’ Adam Bandt, has hit the airwaves across the country and used his regular spot on Fairfax online to attack the Greens. [...]
READ MORERooted budget
This Budget is rooted. It puts and end to the pretense that the Rudd Government is serious about tackling environmental issues. It is a Budget dominated by short-term thinking and an almost complete abandonment of climate change as an issue of national importance. With the recent backlflip on the CPRS, many were expecting some new, [...]
READ MOREAfter the flailing…time for direct action
Weak and incoherent are probably the most appropriate words. But words, of course, are not sufficient. Kevin Rudd’s problem is that he talked a big game on climate and hasn’t delivered. If he was serious about the great moral challenge of our age, he would have introduced the 20% renewable energy target as one of [...]
READ MOREBP now slicker than ever
Economically, the Gulf of Mexico oil spill is bigger than Hurricane Katrina. So why can’t BP — the world’s fourth biggest company — muster the resources to bring a result of its negligence to quicker resolution? asks Lloyd Bradford Syke.
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