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Greens unveil bold carbon tax plan
2014-06-01 16:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New Zealand Herald: The Green Party has unveiled a bold plan to tax companies for their carbon pollution, though farmers would be charged half-price and all revenue would be returned to households and businesses. The party has completely lost hope in the "failed" Emissions Trading Scheme and now wants to replace it with a carbon tax in order to ramp up New Zealand's efforts to combat climate change. In a speech at the Green party AGM this afternoon, co-leader Russel Norman said climate change was the "biggest issue...
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