Green is easy when things look up
With all signs pointing to a recession in the US and plenty of bad news for the global economy expected to go with it, one wonders whether the steam will start to ebb out of some governments’ desire to take action on climate change? It’s easy to plan major steps when the economy is growing at between 3 and 4 percent, but is Australia ready to spread the pain of adjusting to a new approach to energy at the same time as the economic mood starts to sour? Or will other priorities come too rapidly to the fore?