Tag: emissions reduction
Grattan on Saturday: Government win on climate legislation leaves opposition looking like a stranded asset
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Perhaps not since the marriage equality vote has the passage of a bill in the House of Representatives carried such a combination...
The Greens have backed Labor’s 43% target – but don’t think Australia’s climate wars are over
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After a decade of climate policy failure, Wednesday brought good news and slightly less good news for Australian action on climate change.
The good...
Scorched dystopia or liveable planet? Here’s where the climate policies of our political hopefuls will take us
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The federal election campaign takes place against a background of flooding on Australia’s east coast, where some residents remain in temporary accommodation a month...
No, Mr Morrison – the safeguard mechanism is not a ‘sneaky carbon tax
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Prime Minister Scott Morrison this week claimed Labor was planning a “sneaky carbon tax” should it win power, and Nationals senator Matt Canavan declared the goal...
Labor’s 2030 climate target betters the Morrison government, but Australia must go much further, much faster
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The Labor opposition has pledged to reduce Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions by 43% this decade based on 2005 levels, claiming the...
‘The Australian way’: how Morrison trashed brand Australia at COP26
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As the COP26 climate talks wind up in Glasgow, Australia has again proved itself a climate laggard on the world stage. Prime...