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Carbon tax: Tony Abbott insists Labor will think again on repeal
2013-10-15 06:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Tony Abbott says he is sure public pressure will force the Labor party to repent of its support for the carbon tax and allow its repeal, but has not ruled out the possibility that companies will have to pay the tax until July 2015 if Labor sticks to its guns. Repeal legislation to be released by the government on Tuesday afternoon will be the first item of business when parliament resumes on 12 November. It seeks to abolish the tax in June, at the end of the financial year. Business is concerned...
Australian PM Abbott Publishes Draft Legislation to Abolish Carbon Pricing
2013-10-15 06:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbotts government published draft legislation to abolish carbon pricing and called on the opposition Labor party not to block the bill in parliament. Labor must listen to the clear message that the Australian people sent at the last election, Abbott, whose Liberal-National coalition won the Sept. 7 ballot, said in a statement. The Carbon Price Mechanism passed by former Prime Minister Julia Gillard in 2011 requires more than 300 of Australias largest emitters to...
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Australia carbon tax: Abbott prepares repeal bill
2013-10-15 05:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has published draft legislation to repeal the country's carbon tax. The controversial tax, which was introduced under the previous Labor government, imposed a levy on the 300 biggest polluters. Mr Abbott, who said the tax cost jobs and forced energy prices up, said the repeal bill would be the first reviewed under the new parliament. Australia is the developed world's worst polluter per head of population. Mr Abbott said that the draft bill was "designed...
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Australia: Carbon tax double dissolution threat just hot air
2013-10-14 12:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Environment Minister Greg Hunt, who co-wrote a pro-carbon price university paper titled "A Tax To Make The Polluter Pay", announced today that legislation to repeal the Clean Energy Future Act would be introduced "in week one of the Parliament". In response to questions from journalists, he also refused to rule out the prospect that the Liberal government would take the legislation to a double dissolution election. "It will be our first legislative act", said Mr Hunt to reporters at a parliamentary...
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Congo carbon plan kicks off
2013-10-13 15:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature: After lifting off this week from the chaotic urban jungle of Kinshasa, scientists guided a twin-engine aircraft over the real jungle. With a small onboard laser, they began sweeping the vast rainforest of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), bouncing photons off leaves and branches. The aim is to measure -- and perhaps to preserve -- the carbon locked up in the tropical forests that cover two-thirds of the country. The data will also enhance scientists understanding of tropical forests...
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