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The triumph of Tony Abbott’s carbon alter-ego
Tony Abbott may continue his public war of words against the carbon price, but he would quietly approve of the new de-facto minister for carbon pricing in the Australian cabinet – the think-alike prime minister of Poland, Donald Tusk. But the introduction of the carbon price floor underlines the importance of maintaining the renewable energy target. -
Carbon floor price scrapped: good news or bad?
The Climate Change Minister Greg Combet announced yesterday that the carbon floor price will not be implemented when the carbon pricing scheme enters into the floating phase on 1 July 2015. The Minister said that this was to facilitate Australia’s linkage with the European Union’s ETS market which will take place on 1 July 2015. […] -
Australia scraps carbon floor price, links ETS with EU
Australia says it will scrap the proposed carbon floor price of its emissions trading scheme as part of a deal to link with the EU ETS, and will restrict access to Kyoto credits. The Australian carbon price will now be set in Europe. All eyes on Poland! -
Talison snapped up on bet of a battery-charged future
The world’s largest producer of lithium attempted a float on the Australian market in 2009, but withdrew because of a lack of interest. Now, it has been bought out for double that price in anticipation of a surge in demand for lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles, grids and solar storage (and iPads).
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