The Greens were dead against the former Rudd Labor government鈥檚 Carbon Pollution Trading Scheme (CPRS) in 2009 and voted it down in parliament. Today, the Greens are champions of the Gillard Labor government鈥檚 carbon price.
A says it only 鈥渉appened because of the Greens鈥.
The strangest thing is that the two carbon price schemes 鈥 Rudd鈥檚 and Gillard鈥檚 鈥 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 summit鈥檚 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 鈥 or even months.