2011-07-26 12:10:05 // Deirdre Robert
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While there has been any number of opinions floating around about the Australian carbon tax, the Australian Trade and Industry Alliance last week launched an advertising campaign against the federal government's proposed carbon tax, carrying the tag-line "carbon tax pain: no climate gain".
2011-07-11 11:45:33 // Deirdre Robert
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Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard's announcement yesterday that from 1 July next year big polluters will pay AUD$23 (NZ$29) for every tonne of carbon emitted into the atmosphere has, not surprisingly, garnered quite the reaction. Kiwi ands Aussie scientist generally love it, but when it comes to the biggest Aussie polluter of all—the coal industry—it's a different story altogether. Not surprising when you consider about 80 percent of the country's electricity is generated from coal.
