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Labor’s new Carbon Farming Initiative is a welcome boost for regional Australians giving them a stake in the global low-carbon economy, but it will only benefit Australia in the long run with an emissions trading scheme the independent Climate Institute said today.

Read more: Carbon farming welcome boost

As the ten day election countdown begins and cost of living pressures feature, neither major party has produced policies to help end the uncertainty on electricity prices which is fuelling higher home power bills, let alone credible policies on pollution and climate change, The Climate Institute said today as it released a new report on electricity prices.

Read more: Power price fibs

The Coalition’s Campaign launch on Sunday left unanswered key questions about its policy on climate change and pollution and continued a week of policy inaction on climate change from both major parties, said The Climate Institute today.

“While we welcome the repeated support for the emissions reduction targets, we still do not see how the Coalition can achieve the minimum 2020 reduction target of 5 per cent below 2000 levels let alone up to 25 per cent reductions,” said The Climate Institute’s CEO John Connor.

Read more: Coalition launch leaves climate questions unanswered

After a disappointing first week of campaigning, the ALP party has its first “runs on the board” for pollution reduction and slightly increased its policy lead on the Coalition but both parties policies lack credibility and will increase pollution to 2020 and beyond, the Climate Institute said today as it launched its online Pollute-o-Meter and star rating tool.

Read more: ALP inches ahead on policy, gets first reductions