Climate Change
Food & Environment / Climate Change
The Institute of Public Affairs examines climate change and environmental policy from an evidence based perspective. The IPA also prioritizes making rational assessments of the economics and practicalities of carbon dioxide reduction proposals. Knee-jerk government policies in response to activist campaigning can have far-reaching economic implications while achieving no environmental benefit.
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Era of cheap energy needn't be over
Energy Minister Martin Ferguson has launched the government's draft white paper on energy. Having run the gauntlet of bureaucratic committees, much...
Opposition to coal seam gas doesn't hold water
New technology has allowed coal seam gas (CSG), previously known as the menacing cause of mine explosions, to become prominent as an energy source....
Left's delusions laid bare
This year sounded the death knell for the euro, government stimulus packages and international action on climate change. The year should therefore...
Household electricity prices to rise, year on year
An agreement to try to reach a deal by 2015 on emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases is the bottom line of the past fortnight's...
Durban deal isolates Gillard
Durban's meek outcome doesn't bode well for international efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions or the sustainability of Australia's domestic...
Gillard left out on a limb in Durban talks
The absence of an outcome at the Durban climate change talks has significant implications for the Gillard government and its carbon tax. The...
Carbon tax can't work unless all share the load
Over the next two weeks the justification for introducing a carbon tax will unravel as securing a new international carbon cutting agreement...
What happens to carbon trading after Durban?
The collapse of the price of carbon permits in Europe tells you everything you need to know about the prospects for international carbon trading....
Taxing claims hot air
From July 1 next year, Australia is going to discover a carbon tax and trade barriers have the same disastrous economic impact. Trade...
Democracy means doubt
Those business leaders bleating Tony Abbott's promise to repeal the carbon tax should remember one thing. That's the price of doing business in...
