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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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Repaying the emissions debt
Absent the carbon price, we need to mitigate the temptation to repay borrowings of future emissions with the dirtiest energy generation on the market.
Mike Sandiford

Sep 9, 2014

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Commentary

Abbott’s environment agenda is even harsher than he promised
Environmental protection is being given a lower priority than it has by any federal government since first environmental legislation was introduced 40 years ago.
Ian Lowe

Sep 1, 2014

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Chile is poised to adopt South America’s first carbon tax
Chile to become the first country in South America to institute a carbon tax, and the second in Latin America after Mexico.
Andrew Breiner

Aug 29, 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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Despite its demise, the carbon price cut emissions
Carbon emissions in Australia’s national electricity market would have been 11 to 17 million tonnes higher if Australia had not introduced a carbon price.
Frank Jotzo

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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Other Good Stuff

WA Senate: was it really a vote against carbon tax?
The fundamentalism of Abbott’s anti-carbon stance can be seen in the intention to remove climate change from the G20 summit agenda.
David Holmes

Apr 8, 2014

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Australia, ‘hostage to climate change madness’? To say so is madness indeed
Tony Abbott still thinks climate change is ‘crap’, he’s just using his controversial business adviser Maurice Newman as a ventriloquist to say so.
Giles Parkinson

Jan 2, 2014

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