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Climate Change Authority loves carbon sequestration. Now there’s a surprise

The CCA thinks our carbon offset trading system is great — and should be expanded to include discredited carbon sequestration.

The unsafe Safeguard Mechanism: how carbon credits could blow up Australia's main climate policy

The unsafe Safeguard Mechanism: how carbon credits could blow up Australia's main climate policy

This article is part of a series by The Conversation, Getting to Zero, examining Australia’s energy transition.

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Labor is addicted to carbon credits — no matter how rotten they are

Labor is addicted to carbon credits — no matter how rotten they are

Why hasn’t Labor abandoned the dodgy carbon credits generated under the Coalition’s Emissions Reduction Fund? Because it desperately needs them.

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Damned lies and carbon credit verification: who checks if sequestration is real?

There’s been no independent analysis of whether tens of millions of carbon credits are legit. Insiders say the verification system is broken.

Confirmed: new evidence shows tens of millions of carbon credits worthless

Australia’s carbon credits system has previously been challenged and given a clean bill of health. New data shows it’s rotten to the core.

Climate groups fear a key government policy to drive down emissions will instead push them up

Climate advocates are insisting changes be made to one of the federal government's key emissions-reduction tools, warning it currently risks perversely allowing emissions to increase.

Alan Kohler: Australia’s new emissions trading scheme is a carbon tax. That’s fine

It won’t be the companies that swallow the cost of emissions reduction, it’ll be the customers who pay, writes Alan Kohler.

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Questions over ACCU review after allegations panel member urged ‘potential’ for investors

Questions over ACCU review after allegations panel member urged ‘potential’ for investors

A member of the high-powered review of the integrity of Australian Carbon Credit Units is said to have raised their investment potential in comments that, if correct, raise concerns about the review process.

Why Labor must ditch carbon credits for climate credibility

Why Labor must ditch carbon credits for climate credibility

At the heart of the government’s climate efforts is the Australian carbon credit unit system. And it’s badly broken.

Tinker Taylor … energy minister’s carbon market changes a win-win for big emitters

Tinker Taylor … energy minister’s carbon market changes a win-win for big emitters

Once again Angus Taylor has intervened in market dynamics and neither the environment nor smaller users will benefit.

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