Environment News Service: Australia`s Senate has voted to repeal the price on emissions of the climate-warming gas carbon dioxide, a levy on the biggest polluters passed by the previous Labor government.
The Yallourn Power Station burns brown coal to provide eight percent of Australia`s power. (Photo by Philip Morgan)
Prime Minister Tony Abbott, whose Liberal-National coalition unseated Labor in last year`s election, succeeded in achieving the repeal, a central goal of his government.
The Senate voted 39 to 32 on...