Copenhagen, Climate and Kevin

With the Copenhagen climate conference fast approaching in early December, Kevin Rudd has increased his efforts to try and get legislation passed to implement an Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) in Australia. Of course, an ETS - in effect a tax on carbon dioxide - will greatly increase prices for electricity and other goods and cost each family a lot of money. 

Kevin Rudd recently gave a speech to the Lowy Institute, claiming that it was urgent that the ETS was implemented.

Andrew Bolt analysed and criticised Mr Rudd's speech - calling it 'Rudd's Rant'. . .

Lord Monckton on the Copenhagen Climate Treaty
Lord Christopher Monckton, of the Science and Public Policy Institute, recently examined the draft of the Copenhagen Climate Treaty and warned that it would create an international governing agency that could go into sovereign nations and tell them how they should operate in relation to energy and 'climate' matters. He also said it would require developed nations to pay billions of dollars in 'climate debt' to third world nations - Australia's 'contribution could be $7 BILLION!

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