The proposed doubling of handouts to the coal sector under the Continue Polluting Regardless Scheme will see householders and small businesses face higher costs and a worse climate crisis so that polluters can keep polluting, the Australian Greens said today.

"Mr Rudd's climate plans are already a polluter's paradise, but this change would put the coal sector in seventh heaven," Australian Greens Deputy Leader, Senator Christine Milne, said.

"Australians have clearly said they are happy to pay more if emissions will be reduced, but under Mr Rudd's Continue Polluting Regardless Scheme, householders and small business owners will be paying more so that the polluters can keep polluting.

"Every dollar to polluters is a dollar less for the community.

Christine Milne

If this money was going back into alternative energy industries - fine, most of us would be happy, but it's not. It's going back to the coal industry and they have no pollution regulations imposed on them at all.

Its ridiculous to even try and refute Akermans story, the bloke spends all his time trolling for what he calls "reputable scientists" who are  confusionalists while on the other side of the ledger we have thousands of scientists saying Akerman and all his cronies are wrong.

Most of the words in that article are Akermans, a climate confusionalist, how could anybody believe  what he said wasn't a continuation of his campaign to ridicule the climate change crisis.  

Yes we've got to do something, but not support a simplistic spiel which is going to cost Australians billions and will make absolutely no difference to our environment or reduce pollution.

The Federal Government will be raking in an extra $11 billion in taxes - I don't know about the States - and already there is a demand by the coal companies for $10 billion. For what?

The government itself doesn't even believe in what they're saying.

Maybe those who aren't advocating one scenario or the other are those who are prepared to change their views when there is proof that taxing us through the roof will alter the climate. The wealthy will still keep using as much energy as they need for their comfort, but there will be many more people suffer as a result of this. In NSW alone there are about 180,000 people who can't afford electricity - which is disgraceful.

In NSW coal fired power stations aren't regulated for emissions, and we know that above a certain level, CO2 causes heavy pollution - yet we are being forced to pay 20% more for our energy - for what - so the power stations can chug along unrestricted with unsafe levels of emissions and continue to increase their profits. How will this alter the climate for the better?

You have even said yourself Muso this new goal to change the climate has nothing to do with the environment which means we are being misled.