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Australias Abbott Government Dismantles Climate Safeguards

2014-05-13 03:38:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Environment News Service: Step by step, the Australian Coalition Government, headed by Liberal Prime Minister Tony Abbott, is tearing down the climate change mitigation and adaption measures put in place by the previous two Labor governments. The carbon price established through a cap-and-trade emissions trading scheme that took effect in July 2012 under the Gillard Government is on its way out. Called a "carbon tax" by opponents, it is to be replaced by an extension of the Emissions Reduction Fund introduced as draft...

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