Breaking the cycle
Long term prosperity depends on combining job creation with low-carbon measures, writes JOHN SPOEHR
Aviation groups plan will reduce planes' C02 emissions
Showing posts with label Effect on Industry. Show all posts
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Thursday, April 2, 2009
Monday, March 2, 2009
Growing calls for emissions trading to be put off till '12
27/02/2009 - Plans to start emissions trading next year are in trouble after a powerful business group withdrew its support.
The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) has called for the scheme to be delayed until 2012 because of the economic crisis.
This caps off a horror stretch for the federal government's scheme.
Industry groups, farmers and green groups are all ramping up their opposition to the scheme.
In parliament, the opposition and the Greens have sharpened their criticism of the scheme, raising the possibility it won't get through the Senate.
The Australian Industry Group (Ai Group) has called for the scheme to be delayed until 2012 because of the economic crisis.
This caps off a horror stretch for the federal government's scheme.
Industry groups, farmers and green groups are all ramping up their opposition to the scheme.
In parliament, the opposition and the Greens have sharpened their criticism of the scheme, raising the possibility it won't get through the Senate.
Friday, January 23, 2009
Emissions delay not economically responsible-minister
23/01/2009 - Delaying the introduction of emissions trading to prevent further job losses in the mining sector would be economically irresponsible, Climate Change Minister Penny Wong says.
The Nationals on Wednesday called on the federal government to reconsider the timing of emissions trading, saying the 2010 introduction would mean large employers had to pay yet another tax.
The Nationals on Wednesday called on the federal government to reconsider the timing of emissions trading, saying the 2010 introduction would mean large employers had to pay yet another tax.
Wednesday, January 14, 2009
Giving up on climate change?
The Rudd proposals on climate change will fail to achieve a meaningful reduction in carbon emissions.
Scientists warn that unless greenhouse gas emissions are significantly and rapidly reduced by 2020, by at least 25 per cent below 1990 levels, global warming and climate change will become irreversible and uncontrollable. As a consequence, large areas of the planet may be unable to sustain their present population or become uninhabitable. Massive population movements will be caused by an increasingly severe climate producing flooding, draughts and crop failures, compounded by hunger and disease on a massive scale.
We know from recent experience that failure of a single sector of the economy - US home loans - can lead to recession from which no country is immune. Recession gives rise to business failures, unemployment and falling demand which can rapidly wash away accumulated prosperity.
Imagine then the effects on businesses and the economy of repeated and prolonged failures in Australia of agriculture, fisheries and tourism and associated industries. These would include falling exports, contraction of the manufacturing sector, a shrinking economy and all that goes with it. Add to this climate change producing tidal surges and coastal flooding with property losses and our present economic woes will pale into insignificance.
Environment - Mike Pope - posted 14/1/2009
Scientists warn that unless greenhouse gas emissions are significantly and rapidly reduced by 2020, by at least 25 per cent below 1990 levels, global warming and climate change will become irreversible and uncontrollable. As a consequence, large areas of the planet may be unable to sustain their present population or become uninhabitable. Massive population movements will be caused by an increasingly severe climate producing flooding, draughts and crop failures, compounded by hunger and disease on a massive scale.
We know from recent experience that failure of a single sector of the economy - US home loans - can lead to recession from which no country is immune. Recession gives rise to business failures, unemployment and falling demand which can rapidly wash away accumulated prosperity.
Imagine then the effects on businesses and the economy of repeated and prolonged failures in Australia of agriculture, fisheries and tourism and associated industries. These would include falling exports, contraction of the manufacturing sector, a shrinking economy and all that goes with it. Add to this climate change producing tidal surges and coastal flooding with property losses and our present economic woes will pale into insignificance.
Environment - Mike Pope - posted 14/1/2009
Friday, November 21, 2008
Emissions trading will hit LNG projects -industry warns
20/11/2008 - Emissions trading will sink about a third of new LNG projects, an industry lobby group warns.
The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association says its modelling shows that of 16 projects in the pipeline, between 28 and 37 per cent will not go ahead under emissions trading.
The Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association says its modelling shows that of 16 projects in the pipeline, between 28 and 37 per cent will not go ahead under emissions trading.
Thursday, November 13, 2008
Qld environmental licence fee hike is another blow to industry
The Queensland Government recently announced plans to increase environmental licence fees, adding a further cost burden to businesses already struggling as a result of the global economic and financial crisis and high energy and commodity prices.
Thursday, October 30, 2008
Economy,jobs okay under emissions trading,govt says
30/10/2008 - Fresh economic modelling to be released on Thursday shows emissions trading will not hurt industry or the economy, the government says.
The long-awaited Treasury data, one of the biggest economic modelling exercises ever done in Australia, focuses on what it will cost to tackle climate change.
The long-awaited Treasury data, one of the biggest economic modelling exercises ever done in Australia, focuses on what it will cost to tackle climate change.
Friday, September 26, 2008
Climate change: "The trillion dollar wake up call"
New report spotlights how tackling climate change can create or destroy company value
Tackling climate change can have a significant impact on company value in six sectors1 worth a total of $7 trillion, according to a new report by the Carbon Trust launched today: Climate Change: a business revolution?
Tackling climate change can have a significant impact on company value in six sectors1 worth a total of $7 trillion, according to a new report by the Carbon Trust launched today: Climate Change: a business revolution?
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