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Joining the EU is a cautious climate tick
Posted by Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Erwin Jackson on August 29th, 2012
Australian Broadcasting Corporation: AUSTRALIA'S CARBON LAWS are designed to do two things: reduce pollution to levels consistent with avoiding dangerous climate change; and drive low pollution investment in Australia. With this in mind The Climate Institute cautiously welcomed yesterday's announcement by the Government to join Australia's carbon price to the European Union's.
Much of the recent political debate in Australia has suggested that our carbon laws have been more ambitious than those in other economies. Some businesses...