Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme
The Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) is the Rudd Government’s big ticket climate change plan. The aim of the CPRS is to reduce emissions via a carbon trading scheme.
Carbon trading means a cap is set on the amount of greenhouse gas that can be created, and industry must own a permit for each tonne of pollution they emit. Sounds good in theory right?
Well, the devil is in the detail. Without a strong cap and appropriate permit system, the scheme will fail to reduce greenhouse emissions. It's the plan they are hoping to pass through the Senate.
Unfortunately, it's also hopelessly flawed. Find out how
In its current form, it will not deliver the safe climate future we all deserve.
We support a strong and effective scheme that is based on scientific evidence and delivers the cuts to our emissions that we need to avoid dangerous climate change. We can do something about climate change and provide long term economic security for our country. And we can to it while leading international efforts to secure a safe climate.
That’s why we’re asking the government to go back to the drawing board and start again.
We’re kicking up a stink
We got together with some of our friends and wrote an open letter to the Prime Minister.
You gotta read this
We were also part of a coalition of over 50 environment and community groups who spoke out against the Rudd Government’s ineffective, unscientific greenhouse reduction target.
Take a look
And - we’ve got a Plan B
The federal government is compromising our safe climate future, but we don’t have to wait for the CPRS to start making a difference. There’s a lot of other things we can do. Our Plan B outlines five things the government can do straight away. Oh yeh, like what?
We need your help
There are many vested interests lobbying to avoid taking responsibility for their pollution. We need to be louder than all of them. Lend us your voice and help us get strong laws that ensure Australia’s emissions go down – starting now! Write to your local MP and ask for a strong CPRS. Who's my MP?
In the meantime, tell Minister Penny Wong that it's time to get onto Plan B
Check back regularly for the latest buzz on this campaign below.
Peak conservation groups urge rejection of weakened Emissions Trading Scheme
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
The peak conservation councils around the country today called on both sides of politics to reject the amended and now fatally flawed emissions trading legislation and...
moreInvestigation urged on blackout threat
Wednesday 11 November, 2009
Environment groups have asked the national energy watchdog to investigate claims by TRUenergy that suggest the company may be about to default on electricity supply contracts.
Over the past year TRUenergy...
moreCalling TRUenergy's CPRS bluff
Tuesday, 10 November, 2009
Bernard Keane, Crikey
Yesterday the Australian Conservation Foundation and Environment Victoria called the bluff of the multinational power company playing a high stakes game over the future of power...
moreCoastal threats report a wake-up call on climate change
Tuesday 27 October, 2009
Environment Victoria today welcomed calls for urgent action on climate change and coastal areas by the House of Representatives committee report.
The report found that 700,000 coastal...
moreCommunity tells Premier: world does not need our dirty coal
Thursday 22 October, 2009
Following revelations last week that the Energy Minister is advocating for a new coal export industry for Victoria, several hundred community members met on the steps of Parliament today to...
moreCoal export plans should be rejected
Wednesday 14 October, 2009
Following revelations in today’s Age, Environment Victoria called on Premier Brumby to reject proposals to develop a brown coal export industry.
The Age reported today that the Brumby...
moreCampaigns director, Mark Wakeham talks about the CPRS on AM Radio
As the Coalition, Greens and other crossbench senators ponder over the government's faulty Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS), the environment movement - including Environment Victoria - has come up with a a href="...
moreFive per cent not enough, Maroondah residents say
Monday, 20 April 2009
Residents from the City of Maroondah community will today gather outside the electorate office of Mike Symon MP to voice their concern about the Federal Government’s proposed a href="http://www....
moreCPRS: Back to the drawing board!
Sunday, March 8 2009
Environment and community groups unite to call on the PM to send the CPRS back for urgent redesign.
This morning, 24 environmental, aid, development and community organisations, including Environment...
moreEnvironmental community unites to condemn Rudd's low greenhouse target
Monday, 15 December 2008
A coalition of over 50 Australian environment and community groups have united today to condemn the Rudd Government's announcement of an ineffectual 5-15 percent...
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- Improving the Renewable Energy Target |
- Plan B: An Agenda For Immediate Climate Action |
- An open letter to Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on the CPRS |
- Off target: CPRS fundamentally flawed |
- Five percent not enough, Maroondah residents say |
- CPRS: Back to the drawing board! |
- Environmental community unites |
- Coal export plans should be rejected |
- Community tells Premier: world does not need our dirty coal |
- Coastal threats report a wake-up call on climate change |
