The Greens are now in serious negotiations with the government towards our interim carbon price proposal.

You can help us deliver that climate breakthrough by getting your support for the proposal onto the letters pages of newspapers around the country.

After having been rebuffed by the government many times over many months in our attempts to turn the CPRS from a barrier to action into an environmentally effective and economically efficient scheme, we are now pleased to say the government has finally agreed to enter good faith negotiations towards the interim proposal we released last month.

The more we can demonstrate public support for our deadlock-breaking proposal, the more the government will need to work with us towards a successful outcome!

Please take the time to get the message out.

If you send a letter to the editor of your local newspaper, please remember to keep it short and to the point - if it's less than 150 words, it's far more likely to be published! Also make sure you put your contact details into your email - they will not be published but they are vital to allow the paper contact you and confirm your letter.

• Adelaide Advertiser: submit letters at www.news.com.au/adelaidenow/news/opinion/sendletter
• The Age: email letters to letters@theage.com.au
• The Australian: email letters to letters@theaustralian.com.au
• Australian Financial Review: email letters to edletters@afr.com.au
• Canberra Times: email letters to letters.editor@canberratimes.com.au
• The Courier Mail: submit letters at www.news.com.au/couriermail/editorial/letter
• The Daily Telegraph: email letters to letters@dailytelegraph.com.au
• The Herald Sun: submit letters at www.news.com.au/heraldsun/editorial/letter
• Mercury: submit letters at www.themercury.com.au/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-submit.html
• Sydney Morning Herald: email letters to letters@smh.com.au
• The West Australian: email letters to letters@wanews.com.au

Key points on the Greens' proposal:

You can read all about the Greens' proposal to break the climate deadlock here, and details on our position on emissions trading and the CPRS here. Here are a few dot points to get your creative juices flowing.

• The Greens are now in good faith discussions with the government towards their proposal to break the political deadlock on climate action, adopt Professor Garnaut's suggestion of a two year interim scheme with a fixed price, no trading and no offsets.
  • The government should negotiate with the Greens in good faith to make sure we can take a positive step in climate action in Australia.
• Mr Rudd is making no attempt to get his CPRS through the Senate. The Greens are putting forward a constructive proposal to get Australia moving towards the zero carbon future.
• The Greens' proposal is designed as a building block for future climate action that's got real teeth. Mr Rudd's CPRS is impossible to strengthen after it's passed, locking in failure before we begin.
• The Greens' proposal gives half its revenue back to Australia's householders and is still in the black. Mr Rudd's CPRS pays polluters to keep polluting and ends up deep in debt.