February 13, 2009 | Graham

Government takes a second look at emissions trading



(Cross posted from What the people want)
The federal government appears to have been reading our research, or similar, on an emissions trading scheme.

According to The Australian Online

TREASURER Wayne Swan has asked a powerful House economics committee to judge whether the proposed emissions trading scheme is the best way to tackle climate change…
The Australian Online understands the move may be an attempt to gather evidence to discredit opposition to emissions trading by the Coalition.
There is also speculation it is designed to pre-empt any findings of a Senate committee inquiry.

Perhaps.
It could also be a rational response to research like ours showing that for a variety of reasons voters across the spectrum are unhappy with it.
It is probably coincidental that the decision occurred only days after we released our research. But then again, I have started emailing summaries of key research to federal parliamentarians, and some have even been responding on our comments threads, so who knows?
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Posted by Graham at 5:22 am | Comments (1) |
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1 Comment

  1. Well done!

    Comment by Jennifer Marohasy — February 13, 2009 @ 11:19 pm

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