The Greens have moved to break the political deadlock on climate action, writing to all the key politicians proposing that we adopt Professor Garnaut's suggestion of a two year interim scheme with a fixed price, no trading and no offsets.
Our proposal is designed as a building block for future climate action that's got real teeth. Mr Rudd's CPRS is impossible to strengthen after it's passed, locking in failure before we begin.
Our proposal gives half its revenue back to you - Australia's householders - and is still in the black. Mr Rudd's CPRS pays polluters to keep polluting and ends up deep in debt.
Mr Rudd is making no attempt to get his CPRS through the Senate. We Greens are putting forward a constructive proposal to get Australia moving towards the zero carbon future.
You can read the detail of the proposal here and listen to the press conference here.
The Greens and emissions trading - your questions answered here.
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Greens MPs, 25th January 2010
Bob's news from Greens around the globe
Some news coming across my desk about Greens colleagues around the world that I thought you may be interested in….cheers, Bob
The German Greens turned 30 years old last week – they now have 68 MPs in the Bundestag! - Story
The French Greens were featured in Newsweek in late December, as France's Constitutional Court threw out Sarkozy's carbon tax. Newsweek speculates that the ruling will lift the Greens vote further in elections in March.
Greens in the Philippines are excited this week that for the first time one of the 10 official Presidential candidates for the Philippines will be a Green! The candidate Nicanor Perlas approached us to help his appeal against the Commission on Elections who had deemed him as a nuisance candidate.
Greens MPs, 22nd January 2010
