Kevin Rudd makes second bid for ETS tax despite failure in Copenhagen agreement

The Daily Telegraph ^ | December 21, 2009 | Sue Dunlevy

[myknowledge]

THE Rudd Government will press ahead with its plan to put a price tag on carbon pollution even though the leaders of other nations refused to reach a legally binding agreement on reducing global warming in Copenhagen.

Treasurer Wayne Swan said the controversial emissions trading scheme that would push up the cost of electricity and power was "just as relevant now as it was before Copenhagen and we need to pass the bill for business certainty".

The ETS was rejected by the Senate earlier this month and the Government planned to re-introduce the scheme for parliamentary approval in February next year even though other nations were refusing to agree to cut their own carbon emissions.

The Rudd Government said it still remained committed to cutting the nation's greenhouse gas output by between five and 25 per cent.

[myknowledge]

Aaaarrrggggghhhh. Tell Kevin to Rudd up his mouth about ETS. Its cap-and-trade for 'greenhouse gas emissions', period. He's glued himself lock, stock and barrel to the global warmism ideology.

[Lancey Howard]

How pathetic do you have to be to use a hoax that has already been exposed as an excuse to raise taxes?

[steelyourfaith]

 

Beam me to Planet Gore !

[element92]

who gets the money?

[Signalman]

who gets the money?

Oh, let's see. Mugabe, over in Zimbabwe, needs another fleet of BMWs. Chavez, down in Venezuela, needs to build some more Presidential Palaces. How's that for a start?

[myknowledge]

It shows how egomaniac and narcissistic KRudd is.

[element92]

sadly, Republicans don’t seem to be smart
enough to make that an issue