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Australia repeals carbon tax, scientists freak out
2014-07-17 17:37:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: The cartoonish stereotype of Australia of yesteryear featured a rough-headed bloke in an Akubra hat wrangling crocodiles. That image has finally been scrubbed from our collective memories -- only to be replaced with something worse. Today, when we read news dispatches from Australia, we`re seeing a dunderheaded prime minister cartoonishly wrangling commonsense, becoming the first leader in the warming world to repeal a price on carbon. It`s like George W. Bush, Crocodile Dundee-style. Conservative...
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