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Kevin Rudd’s Emissions Trading Scheme is far from satisfactory

logo-election-Aust-13Five reasons why Rudd’s ETS move should make us wince CRIKEY.COM GILES PARKINSON | JUL 15, 2013  Scrapping the carbon tax might push household costs higher rather than lower. That and other problems await the Labor Party as it seeks to wedge Tony Abbott with emissions trading……

There are reasons why the manner of Rudd’s move on the carbon price should make us wince. Here are five of them …

The cost to households……

It’s about politics rather than policy……

A low price is useless for Australia……

A policy without ambition

There is no evidence that Labor is going to aim for a more ambitious emission reduction target……

And what of the opposition?…..http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/07/15/five-reasons-why-rudds-ets-move-should-make-us-wince/

July 16, 2013 - Posted by | AUSTRALIA - NATIONAL, election 2013

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