Australia’s Climate Minister trying to weaken action on Climate Change
The Greens will have the critical say in passing a legislated carbon price when they pick up the balance of power in the Senate after June 30 next year
Greens must compromise on global warming, minister warns Patricia Karvelas and Joe Kelly The Australian * October 13, 2010 CLIMATE Change Minister Greg Combet has warned the Greens they need to compromise on climate change if they want action……
Mr Combet said he looked forward to the Greens setting aside the primacy of their reductions targets to consider the economic impacts of public policy aimed at pricing carbon.
The Greens have argued for a 40 per cent cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, but were prepared to talk about a phased approach that began at an unconditional reduction of 25 per cent………….The Greens will have the critical say in passing a legislated carbon price when they pick up the balance of power in the Senate after June 30 next year……………
Greens deputy leader Christine Milne attacked Mr Combet for bringing up the Greens’ opposition to the CPRS, arguing it was a flawed response to the climate change challenge and a recipe for disaster.
“I note that minister Combet, in a speech this morning, is harking back to the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme,” Senator Milne said. “He would be better to leave it dead, buried and cremated as it was what Professor (Ross) Garnaut called ‘one of the worst examples of policymaking we have seen on major issues in Australia’.”
Greens must compromise on global warming, minister warns | The Australian
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