Sunday, July 1, 2012

Australia kicks off carbon tax, PM future in doubt

Reuters: Australia on Sunday joins a growing number of nations to impose a price on carbon emissions across its $1.4 trillion economy in a bitterly contested reform that offers trading opportunities for banks and polluters but may cost the prime minister her job. Australia's biggest polluters, from coal-fired power stations to smelters, will initially pay A$23 ($23) per ton of carbon dioxide emitted, more than twice the cost of carbon pollution in the European Union, currently trading around 8.15 euros...

URL: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/30/us-australia-carbon-idUSBRE85T0LH20120630?feedType=RSS&feedName=environmentNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2Fenvironment+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Environment%29

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