Business Spectator: It`s just a week away from the release of the Rudd government`s white paper on carbon trading and its interim targets on carbon reduction, and there is growing speculation the path of least political resistance will be chosen, along with a modest reduction target of between 5 and 15 per cent. Let`s hope not. For a start, a soft target would mean the government abandoning any pretence that it was a ‘leader’ on the issue of tackling climate change. Instead, it will suffer the ignominy …