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Strong support for carbon emissions scheme, from leading Australian businesses

Renewable Energy not Swayed by the New Government, Australian Solar Quotes, September 20, 2013 Analysis commissioned by the Climate Institute has revealed that the Abbott Government is planning to cut $4 billion in private funding for the renewable energy industry.

According to reports on Fairfax media, the coalition’s climate change plan will fall $4 billion short of meeting its proposed five per cent cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.

Instead the Climate Institute’s think tank expects a nine per cent increase in emissions by 2020, ……..A survey of 180 leading companies by AECOM found that 65 per cent of respondents supported an Emissions Trading Scheme, 29 per cent supported a carbon price and a mere seven per cent of businesses supported the coalition’s direct action policy.

According to Andrew Petersen, a spokesperson for Business for a Clean Economy, a group established to endorse carbon pricing, many businesses are still transitioning to a clean energy economy, despite investment in carbon pricing being delayed.http://www.australiansolarquotes.com.au/renewable-energy-swayed-government/

September 23, 2013 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | General News