Britain has been urged by a major business organisation to exempt high energy users such as Tata Steel from a carbon levy, which, it is argued, could cripple many industries and lead to carbon leak
A major new Australian opinion poll has given another emphatic thumbs-down to Prime Minister Julia Gillard and her recently unveiled carbon-reduction plan, stoking media speculation about her grip on power and the fate of the policy.
The Nielsen poll, published Monday in Fairfax newspapers, is the largest such survey since Gillard announced her carbon scheme on July 10 and confirms a smaller po
A RARE moment of triumph settled on Julia Gillard, Australia’s prime minister, on July 10th when she unveiled a plan for a carbon tax to fight climate change.
Australia unveiled its most sweeping economic reform in decades on Sunday with a plan to tax carbon emissions from the nation's worst polluters, reviving hopes of stronger global climate action with the largest emissions trade scheme outside Europe.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard said 500 companies including steel and aluminum manufacturers would pay a A$23 (US$24.70) per tonne carbon tax from ne
Australia unveiled its most sweeping economic reform in decades on Sunday with a plan to tax carbon emissions from the nation's worst polluters.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard said 500 companies including steel and aluminum manufacturers would pay a A$23 ($24.70) per tonne carbon tax from next year, rising by 2.5 percent a year, moving to a market-based trading scheme in 2015.
Australia's powerful coal mining industry on Sunday warned it was being unfairly singled out under the country's new carbon emissions trading scheme, predicting it will lead to job losses and fewer collieries at a time when buyers are paying top dollar for coal.
Xstrata, one of the country's biggest coal mining companies, said it was "disappointed at the government's lack of genuine consultatio
Australia is set to impose at the weekend a carbon tax of A$23 a tonne ($24.60) on its 500 top polluting companies, newspaper reports said, in a move aimed at soothing wary voters and which analysts said should not roil financial markets.
