ALP Releases Climate Change Policy

Apr 27, 2016

The ALP has released its climate change policy for the 2016 federal election.

The policy includes a commitment to 50% of electricity coming from renewable energy by 2030.

The Climate Change Action Plan includes a commitment to an emissions trading scheme but without a fixed price. The policy says: “Labor’s plan does not include a carbon tax or a fixed price on pollution.”

The policy booklets are shown below.

Email statement to supporters by Bill Shorten.

Shorten

Today I launched Labor’s plan to tackle the devastating consequences of climate change.

The cost of refusing to take real action on climate change will be shocking for Australia and our economy. It will hurt the economy, mean more pollution and less investment. The Labor Party I lead will not stand by and let that happen. [Read more…]

Filed Under: 2016 Federal Election, A.L.P., Climate Change

Barack Obama Highlights Climate Change In Speech At University Of Queensland

Nov 15, 2014

Ahead of the G20 meeting, President Barack Obama has placed climate change at the centre of a speech to students at the University of Queensland.

Obama

Obama told the gathering that no region had more at stake than the Asia-Pacific. He said climate change was causing more wildfires, flooding, extreme storms and rising seas. “The incredible natural glory of the Great Barrier Reef is threatened,” he said.

Obama pledges $3 billion to the Green Climate Fund to assist developing countries. “Let them leap frog some of the dirty industries that powered our development, go straight to a clean-energy economy that allows them to grow, create jobs and at the same time reduce their carbon pollution,” he said. [Read more…]

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Prince Charles: We Must Act Now On Climate Change

Sep 23, 2014

Prince Charles has called for immediate action on climate change.

The Prince of Wales made the call in a message to the Climate Change Summit meeting in New York.

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Greens React To Repeal Of Carbon Tax

Jul 17, 2014

Following today’s repeal of the carbon tax, the Greens have reacted angrily to the decision.

This page provides a selection of audio and video items featuring the Greens leader, Senator Christine Milne, and her deputy, Adam Bandt. [Read more…]

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