The Greens were dead against the former Rudd Labor governmentβs Carbon Pollution Trading Scheme (CPRS) in 2009 and voted it down in parliament. Today, the Greens are champions of the Gillard Labor governmentβs carbon price.
A says it only βhappened because of the Greensβ.
The strangest thing is that the two carbon price schemes β Ruddβs and Gillardβs β are mostly the same.
CPRs
Bolivia's World People's Summit on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth was radical, inspiring, uncompromising and exactly what was needed.
Up to 30,000 people from six continents took part in the summit, which was held in the Bolivian city of Cochabamba from April 19 to 22.
The huge oil spill from a BP rig in the Gulf of Mexico underscores the summitβs significance. About 800,000 litres of oil are spewing out a day. The company admits it may not be able to stop the leak for weeks β or even months.