Sentences with phrase «emissions trading scheme against»

I watched Penny Wong on the 7:30 report defending the government's emissions trading scheme against the criticism, made here and elsewhere, that initiatives such as the government's home insulation scheme will have no effect except to reduce the price of permits and therefore the costs faced by large emitters.

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This post on a question - begging argument in favour of carbon taxes and against an emissions trading scheme, naturally raised -LRB-!)

Danger of Undermining Emissions Mitigation Efforts If politicians are led to believe that a low - cost technological fix can reduce or eliminate the need for politically difficult actions such as increasing the cost of carbon by cap and trade schemes or taxation, going against the wishes of powerful fossil energy corporations, and getting countries all around the world to agree on climate goals, it is likely to undermine their resolve to deal with the underlying cause of the problem by reducing greenhouse gas eEmissions Mitigation Efforts If politicians are led to believe that a low - cost technological fix can reduce or eliminate the need for politically difficult actions such as increasing the cost of carbon by cap and trade schemes or taxation, going against the wishes of powerful fossil energy corporations, and getting countries all around the world to agree on climate goals, it is likely to undermine their resolve to deal with the underlying cause of the problem by reducing greenhouse gas emissionsemissions.

MEPs in Strasbourg have vote against proposals to restrict supply of carbon credits in EU's emissions trading scheme

This article examines whether a greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme has the potential to bring parties into conflict with the WTO provisions in dealing with the initial allocation of permits, non-compliance with emissions targets, emissions trading system enlargement, and trade measures against non-members of an emissions trading club, and relates the discussion to joint implementation with developing countries.