‘An exercise in revisionism’: Crikey readers correct the record on the 2009 CPRS

Is Labor justified in reminding the Greens about the CPRS?

Paul Lupton writes: The ALP are justified in reminding the Greens that their action in blocking the carbon reduction plan caused a lost decade of progress in reducing Australia’s pollution levels and its contribution to global warming. We are now reaping the effects, as the increased adverse climate events produce major impacts on government and individuals’ personal financial outlays.

Had the Greens not been so stubborn and negotiated instead to produce outcomes more in keeping with the Greens philosophy, then Australia’s outcomes would have been much more beneficial.