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Recession Stops Global Warming
Cartoon by Nicholson from ”The Australian” newspaper: http://nicholsoncartoons.com.au
Australians: Sign the Petition Against the ETS
Jennifer, I heard you on Radio 2GB which was great [even if China’s population has expanded to 6 billion!] and have posted it here. Max Rheese.
Max, I did mentioned the need to sign the petition, click here. Sorry for confusing the size of the world’s population with China’s! Jennifer Marohasy.
US Cap n Trade Legislation Unlikely to Pass
US Senator Kent Conrad said that it would be a “distant hope” to expect the climate change plan to pass unless it includes help for industries that would be hit hard by limits on carbon emission production. Read more here.
To Tax or Trade Carbon
Australian economist Alan Moran considers the advantages of taxing versus trading to reduce carbon emissions and concludes the best policy for Australia is to do nothing till 2020, then catch up by 2050, given the Treasury’s estimate at 3 percent of GDP. Read more here.
Trading Scheme Disadvantages ‘Clean Coal’
The Australian Government’s climate change strategy has been thrown into disarray by a warning that clean coal will not be viable under the proposed emissions trading scheme. Read more here.
Jennifer Marohasy BSc PhD has worked in industry and government. She is currently researching a novel technique for long-range weather forecasting funded by the B. Macfie Family Foundation.