http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/ben-mcneil/ Ben McNeil is a senior research fellow at the Climate Change Research Centre at the University of New South Wales. Ben is the author of The Clean Industrial Revolution: Growing Australian Prosperity in a Greenhouse Age (http://www.thecleanrevolution.com.au). Ben has a Master of Economics in Political Economy and a PhD in climate science. Ben advises government and business on strategic thinking around sustainability. He is an expert reviewer for the United Nations IPCC and was invited to present his research to the Prime Minister and Cabinet. He speaks regularly at corporate and scientific events and to media. Ben lives in Sydney. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/we-cant-look-beyond-coal-without-pricing-carbon/ As the carbon tax starts to make its way through the legislative process, the Federal Opposition and peak business groups like the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Australian Industry Group, the Master Builders Association and others claim our economy or their part of it will be ruined by a price on carbon. A similar view was apparent at a recent Oxford-style debate organised by Tom Switzer, editor of the conservative Spectator Magazine Australia. The topic debated was “is a carbon tax needed to combat global warming”. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Ben McNeil) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/we-cant-look-beyond-coal-without-pricing-carbon/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/we-cant-look-beyond-coal-without-pricing-carbon/#item6717 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 19:50:49 +0000 Ben McNeil | Author bios | The Punch