Commentary At two minutes to midnight, Australians are finally being offered something that at least resembles a debate about the social and economic consequences of a net-zero emissions target. The Coalition government and advocates of a net-zero emissions by 2050 target know that the easiest way to win a debate is to simply not have…
The Mirage of a Clean Energy Jobs Boon in Australia
October 21, 2021
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The E in ESG Means Cancelling the S and the G
Commentary Price rises—they keep on coming. Even before the recent surge in energy prices, companies had been warning about inflationary pressures in their supply chains. At the end of June, General Mills reported that it was facing cost increases of 7 percent and that it was raising the price of most of its grocery products….
The Australian Federal Government’s Net-Zero Betrayal
October 15, 2021
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Commentary With the Liberal-National Coalition government about to officially sign onto a 2050 net-zero emissions target, many Australians are wondering what the point of the 2019 election was. At the so-called “climate election,” the Coalition proposed maintaining their existing policy of a 26 percent reduction on 2005 levels by 2030. Labor proposed more significant reductions…
End Sale of Petrol and Diesel Cars by 2035 for Climate Change: Grattan Institute
Australian think tank the Grattan Institute is calling on the government to end the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2035 to help meet the 2050 net-zero emissions target. In its new report, the think tank said zero-emissions vehicles should be exempt from stamp duty, import duty, and luxury car tax to make…
Why Net-Zero Is a Suicide Mission for Canada
Commentary Canada’s plan for net-zero “greenhouse-gas emissions” by 2050 will come home to roost. Grandstanding has consequences, and in Bill C-12 we are witnessing the legislation to give it teeth. The demonized energy sector appears impotent to resist this attack and is outwardly embracing the idea, presumably to placate regulators and the woke mob. Grandiose…
Decarbonization: It’s the Demand Side, Stupid
Commentary By any standard, the London meeting of finance ministers of the Group of Seven leading Western economies a week before the G7 leaders’ summit was historic. By committing to transformative structural change to meet net-zero greenhouse gas targets and other environmental objectives, G7 finance ministers turned themselves into adjuncts of their environment ministries. Considerations…
The Net-Zero Shell Game and Joe Biden’s Deceptions
Commentary President Biden’s Earth Day announcement that the United States is to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent from 2005 levels (equivalent to a 42 percent cut of 2019’s pre-Covid emission levels) within nine years comes with a double deception—one of cause and the other of effect. It aims to force America to…
Canada, US Discuss Shared Climate Priorities Following Biden-Trudeau’s First Virtual Bilateral Meeting
Canada and the United States discussed more ways of “limiting global warming to 1.5ºC” and “achieving net-zero emissions by 2050” during an online meeting on Wednesday, a day after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Joe Biden had their first virtual bilateral meeting on Tuesday. “That certainly includes things like working on vehicle emission…
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