CFMEU says ETS is unlikely to impact on coal industry

8/09/2008 - It is unlikely the coal industry will suffer major job losses under an emissions trading scheme, trade unions say.

The federal government's top climate adviser, Professor Ross Garnaut, has proposed a $20 price tag on carbon permits in 2010.

This would add about five cents a litre to petrol and 40 per cent on electricity prices.

National secretary of the Construction Forestry Mining Energy Union (CFMEU), John Sutton, said the scheme would not necessarily impact on jobs.