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FactCheck: did carbon emissions fall faster before the carbon price?
Minister Hunt’s claim that emissions cuts slowed dramatically while the carbon price was in place is incorrect.
Peter Christoff

Jan 21, 2015

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Direct Action could deliver a useful outcome: carbon trading
Greg Hunt says he doesn’t want an emissions trading scheme, Clive Palmer says he does. But Hunt’s Direct Action plan might ultimately take us there anyway.
Alan Pears

Nov 4, 2014

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A really bad decision that will be difficult to rectify
The government’s monstrously stupid decision will be incredibly hard to rectify, and will be a huge burden for decades.
Noel Barton

Jul 17, 2014

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The price of carbon: A view from the mendicant state
Tasmania will suffer from the axing of the carbon price, with hundreds of jobs to perish.
Phil Gorman

Jul 17, 2014

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Direct Action policy still leaves loopholes open for big polluters
Abbott’s Direct Action policy could let the few companies that produce the most pollution off the hook as Greg Hunt reaffirms commitment to climate change.
Jemma Green

Apr 28, 2014

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Commentary

Climate policy: could it be the boxing PM’s glass jaw?
Tony Abbott owes his job and political reincarnation to his crude perspective on climate change. But his policy will not serve the nation well.
Nick Rowley

Apr 3, 2014

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What price carbon in Europe?
Will the 2030 carbon target revive the ETS market? The switch from coal to gas needs a carbon price of €36/tonne.
Energy Transition

Mar 24, 2014

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Energy schadenfreude – what would you have done?
Many are enjoying the problems faced by German energy giant RWE. But go back to 2000, would you as chairman have done any different?
Craig Morris

Mar 17, 2014

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Renewables can revive manufacturing in Australia
Halting the terminal decline in manufacturing could be as simple as the government doing nothing – not watering down the RET, not abolishing the CEFC.
Dugald Murray

Feb 14, 2014

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Policy & Planning

Tony Abbott and his ministry of the misinformed
In their latest displays of breathtaking ignorance, Tony Abbott and his coterie are acting on what was once implicit: that Direct Action is a construct of a party that simply doesn’t accept the science. Meanwhile in Germany, the two biggest political parties have signed a deal to increase renewable energy targets for 2020 and 2030.
Giles Parkinson

Nov 13, 2013

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