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Australia repeals its carbon tax and triggers international debate
2014-07-18 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
ClimateWire: Australia's government has voted to repeal a carbon tax on that country's biggest greenhouse gas polluters, ending one bitter domestic battle but opening up new fronts in the climate war both at home and internationally. Diplomats negotiating a new global treaty denounced the repeal, saying Australia's move slows down their momentum. In the United States, Senate Democrats insisted Australia's actions will have no implications for President Obama's climate change regulations, while Republicans...
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Australia Axing Pollution Levy First U-Turn on Climate
2014-07-18 07:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Australias decision to repeal its levy limiting fossil-fuel pollution makes it the first nation to turn back from a market approach to fighting global warming. Prime Minister Tony Abbotts government won final approval from Parliament yesterday to scrap a levy about 300 companies paid for their carbon dioxide emissions. The move leaves Australia, the largest polluter per capita among industrial nations, without a system for reducing greenhouse gases as it prepares to host a meeting of the Group...
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Australia carbon reversal sets new tone for global climate talks
2014-07-18 01:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's move to repeal his country's carbon tax provides an international boost for the Harper government, which has regularly attacked opponents who propose putting a price on emissions in Canada. Australia's reversal on carbon pricing comes at a critical time, just two months prior to a United Nations climate summit to be hosted by secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon, who is looking for countries to commit to post-2020 emission reductions and new policies to achieve...
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Two years after coming effect, Australia kills carbon tax
2014-07-17 22:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: In a significant victory for Prime Minister Tony Abbott, the Australian Senate has voted to repeal the country's two-year-old carbon tax. Abbott made dismantling the tax one of the cornerstones of his campaign last September even as Australia remains one of the highest carbon emitters per capita in the industrialized world. After the vote, Abbott called the dismantled legislation "a useless, destructive tax, which damaged jobs, which hurt families' cost of living and which didnt actually help...
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Australia Becomes First Nation Repeal Carbon Tax
2014-07-17 20:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: With Australia`s standing as the world`s highest per-capita emitter of carbon dioxide, one would think the country would be the last to repeal a pollution tax. Think again. The country defied the odds Thursday with a 39 to 32 Senate vote to repeal laws requiring companies to pay for their emissions. The law had been in place less than three years. The country`s big emitters were paying up to $23.45 per metric ton of carbon dioxide as of this month, the New York Times reported. Todays...
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