I am Alex White, a progressive campaign strategist, writer, social marketer and policy activist.
When the new carbon price policy was announced, I was fairly skeptical about it – especially given the failure of the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme. Media reporting suggested that there were serious deficiencies in the policy, as many or more as the CPRS. However, I’ve taken the time to acquaint myself more closely with the [...]
Over at Grist, there is a report that confirms (yet again, as if more proof was needed) that investment in clean-tech is three times more effective than government spending on oil and gas jobs. Cleantech generates 17 jobs for every $1 million spent on it, compared to just 5 for every $1 million we throw [...]
I heard this morning on ABC NewsRadio that the natural gas giants in Australia are pushing back on Federal Government plans to include gas in the carbon price. The negotiations over the carbon price are following the same, predictable line that the negotiations over the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme followed: the carbon lobby and various [...]
The climate denialists in the Coalition has a simple message about the carbon price: It’s a tax. Taxes raise prices. Prices on electricity, fuel and other things therefore will go up. What about the alternative? The problem for progressives is that our arguments are nuanced. We don’t necessarily see the world in Manichean absolutes, black [...]
The Clean Energy Council has revealed that up to $9 billion in renewable energy investment could be put at risk by the election of the Baillieu Government. This equates to 650 new jobs each year by 2016, and a massive 3000 megawatts of renewable energy capacity. The risk comes from the Liberal Party’s opposition to [...]