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More on the risk to renewables under the Coalition

Posted by Vote Climate on Thursday, June 13, 2013,

Ben Eltham in the New Matilda:

The man who will become the chair of the Coalition's proposed business advisory council, Maurice Newman, is perhaps the exemplar of this [climate science denialism] line of thinking. Newman, a wealthy former business executive who once chaired the Australian Stock Exchange, is a well-known climate sceptic. Last year he penned an op-ed in The Australian (where else?) in which he claimed that “we have seen the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change discredited...

Liberal to restrict windfarms and Nationals want to abolish RET

Posted by Vote Climate on Wednesday, June 12, 2013, In : Renewable Energy Target

How would the wind industry fare under a Coalition government?

Some excerpts from an article in the Guardian:

The Coalition is under intense pressure from the anti-windfarm lobby and also from many of its own MPs to take much tougher action, either banning new windfarms entirely or abolishing the renewable energy target that provides the industry with an effective federal subsidy. It is promising a review of the Renewable Energy Target (RET)...

The yet-to-be-released [Liberal Party] resources p...
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Cory Bernardi on Q and A raises concerns

Posted by Vote Climate on Wednesday, June 5, 2013, In : Direct Action Plan

Tristan Edis from Business Spectator asks whether Greg Hunt or Cory Bernardi is in charge of Coalition climate policy.

"In trying to work out exactly how the Coalition’s Carbon Emission Reduction Fund (ERF) might work, you can’t help but get a little confused by the contradictory statements made about the policy from different members of the Coalition.

Just as shadow climate change minister Greg Hunt starts to reassure you, someone else from the Coalition makes a statement that makes yo...

Rob Oakeshott brings on a vote on climate science

Posted by Vote Climate on Thursday, May 30, 2013, In : Politics

From Hansard:
Mr Oakshott: Yesterday was a significant step forward. We finally have on the record both party leaders in this chamber in a bipartisan way expressing full confidence in the science community of Australia and their accepted advice on man-made climate change. At times it has been like pulling teeth—and I fully respect that, within the ranks of both major parties there are differing views—but it is important, if we are going to establish certainty for the future of policy and a...

Liberal MPs want rethink on Coalition's climate change plan

Posted by Vote Climate on Saturday, May 11, 2013, In : Direct Action Plan

Two Liberal MPs want Tony Abbott to review or consider abandoning parts of his $3.2 billion plan to combat climate change in light of ''dire economic circumstances''.

Mal Washer and Dennis Jensen made the comments about the Coalition's Direct Action plan in the same week MPs broke ranks to publicly criticise Mr Abbott's paid parental leave scheme as economically irresponsible.
Western Australian MP Mal Washer said: ''If we are not going to get a big environmental bang for our buck then we ought...
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Analysis by David Spratt

Posted by Vote Climate on Saturday, May 4, 2013, In : Political analysis

Read part 1 here.
Read part 2 here.
Read part 3 here.
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Extreme weather increasing awareness of climate change

Posted by Vote Climate on Saturday, May 4, 2013, In : Climate change opinion polls

Some good news from a poll by World Wildlife Fund. More and more people are concerned about climate change and extreme weather is an important contributor to increasing awareness. It’s another reminder of the value of campaigning on personal impacts. People are more aware of and more concerned about issues that affect them directly – coal and gas in areas that are subject to the impacts from mining or fossil fuel power, sea level rise in coastal areas, fire risk in bush-fire risk areas an...