The Uniting Church in Australia has congratulated the Government and the members of the Multi-Party Climate Change Committee on today's announcement of a price on pollution.

Civil society statement on a credible plan on pollution and climate change.

The Australian Government has failed the Australian people with its decision to delay any further work on an emissions trading scheme, says the President of the Uniting Church in Australia, Rev. Alistair Macrae.

The Uniting Church in Australia has written to MPs and Senators, urging them to vote for a strengthened Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme.

The Uniting Church in Australia has today expressed its bitter disappointment over the failure of the Parliament to pass legislation that will support the prompt introduction of a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme.

The Uniting Church has today expressed its total dismay at the Federal Government's decision to further delay and weaken the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme.

The Uniting Church in Australia has today said that although no-one much likes the Government's Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS), we need to work together to fix it.

National Director of UnitingJustice Australia, Rev Elenie Poulos, said that critics of the Scheme on both sides needed to put down their weapons and start making a positive contribution for the sake of our future.

The Uniting Church today reaffirmed its support for the Government's proposed Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS).

UnitingJustice Australia has today criticised as "woefully inadequate" the Australian Government's target for a 5-15% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020.

The Uniting Church in Australia was one of 39 religious leaders who banded together and signed an open letter to the Federal Government, calling for immediate and decisive action on climate change.

The letter draws specific attention to the communities across the globe facing devastation through climate change, including the small island nations and low lying areas of the Pacific.