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By dk.au on March 4, 2009
It might be argued that emissions trading with a soft start can still provide a framework for stronger efforts later. Perhaps. But the history of these types of policies is that poor initial design choices can prove very hard to [...]
Posted in Climate change, Energy, Environment, Markets | Tagged climate policy, cprs, EU ETS, Green Paper, inside.org.au, Kyoto, Turnbull, white paper |
By Mark Bahnisch on January 14, 2009
As another followup to recent posts on Barnaby Joyce’s egofest (driven by the Howardian egofest), Lawrence Springborg has weighed in – in the Barnaby corner: Queensland’s Opposition Leader Lawrence Springborg said the comments helped highlight the faults in Labor’s scheme. [...]
Posted in Climate change, Politics | Tagged Barnaby Joyce, Climate change, Coalition, cprs, Emissions trading scheme, House of Reps, John Howard, Kevin Rudd, leadership, Malcolm Turnbull, Nationals, Queensland Nationals, seat, Senate, The Greens, white paper |
By dk.au on January 14, 2009
At the risk of overdosing on JW Howard Ego Legacy watching, here’s a follow up to Mark’s post about the weird power vacuum. Barnaby’s come out swinging against an ETS this morning replete with IRC Troll-esque talking points: Our Barnaby [...]
Posted in Climate change, Howardia, Politics | Tagged Barnaby Joyce, Climate change, emissions trading, John W. Howard, white paper |
By Mark Bahnisch on January 12, 2009
With George W. Bush having a little over a week in office left to go of what has been a very long eight years, it’s timely to turn to the question of the long term implications for the political strength [...]
Posted in Climate change, Environment, Ethics, International, Markets, Science, Sociology, USA | Tagged ALP, anti-science, Australian politics, Climate change, cprs, epistemology, George W. Bush, ideas, John Quiggin, Kevin Rudd, Labor, neoliberalism, political culture, right wing, Rudd government, Science, science studies, short term thinking, Sociology, white paper |
By Guest Poster on January 5, 2009
Commenter Angharad discusses Kevin Rudd’s homelessness white paper which didn’t get much discussion because of its timing, but deserves some because of the importance of the issue. -MB A few days before Christmas, Kevin Rudd launched a white paper on [...]
Posted in Policy, Politics, Poverty, Urbanism | Tagged ALP, AMA, homelessness, housing policy, Kevin Rudd, Labor, Rosanna Capolingua, Rudd government, social policy, white paper |
By dk.au on December 22, 2008
Short answer: big companies from The UK, America, State Gubbermints and some Aussie companies. Beyond the headline figure of a unilateral 5% cut on 2000 levels, the numbers that will get us there look deeply disturbing. As I argued, there [...]
Posted in Climate change, Disasters, Markets, Policy | Tagged carbon pollution reduction scheme, Climate change, coal fired power, cprs, Hazelwood, Loy Yang, white paper |
By Kim on December 19, 2008
End of year reflection on the state of politics and the nation type articles can be interesting. They can be tedious rehashes of trivia and reinventions of an already distorted reality to prove punditarian narratives r us and are ace [...]
Posted in Activism, Climate change, Economics, Energy, Federal Elections, Foreign Elections, International, Markets, Media, Policy, Politics, Sociology, USA | Tagged Activism, barack obama, bernard keane, citizen engagement, Climate change, cprs, economic management, emissions trading, Glenn Stevens, interest rates, John Hewson, Kevin Rudd, neoliberalism, political sociology, Politics, public policy, reserve bank, Rick Warren, Rudd government, US election 2008, white paper, year in review |
By dk.au on December 19, 2008
So GetUp has raised $93 000 in just 24 hours to get the Spot the Difference ad (( These interviews and this ad make for interesting viewing a year on )) on the air during the boxing day test, suggesting [...]
Posted in Activism, Climate change, Economics, Energy, Environment, Ethics, Government, History, Howardia, International, Law, Life, Markets, Policy, Politics | Tagged Climate change, cprs, denialism, emissions reductions, emo, global warming, Government, governmentality, Karl Polanyi, Markets, white paper |
By Mark Bahnisch on December 17, 2008
One of the arguments Kevin Rudd has used to deflect criticism of the White Paper is to seize on Ross Garnaut’s per capita calculations and to contend that we will still be cutting emissions further than the EU. Christine Milne: [...]
Posted in Climate change, Europe | Tagged Climate change, climate change negotiations, cprs, emissions, emissions trading, EU, Europe, European Union, Kevin Rudd, per capita emissions, Policy, Ross Garnaut, Rudd government, Tim Colebatch, white paper |
By Mark Bahnisch on December 15, 2008
There’s already been a fair bit of commentary on the carbon emissions White Paper here at LP. Bernard Keane sums up the substance accurately and concisely: The surrender is virtually complete. Our biggest polluters have won, and the rest of [...]
Posted in Climate change | Tagged bernard keane, business, carbon emissions reduction, Climate change, emissions targets, emissions trading, global warming, Kevin Rudd, Mungo McCallum, Politics, Rudd government, white paper |
By dk.au on December 15, 2008
Kevin Rudd himself will be unveiling the most significant structural reform since the 1980s and 1990s when Australia’s economy was opened up. Two major announcements so far: the compensation package for households used from the permit allocation revenue and a [...]
Posted in Climate change, Economics, Energy, Environment, Policy, Politics, Technology | Tagged Climate change, economic reform, white paper |
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