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California Senate President pro tem proposes carbon tax on transportation fuels
2014-02-21 17:30:30| Green Car Congress
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Carbon tax an act to stem climate change
2013-12-14 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Statesman Journal: During the past 21 years, I spent my summers living in Crater Lake National Park, Oregons only national park. I noticed winters becoming shorter, warmer and less snowy. Science confirms this. In 1931, rangers first began keeping track of the average annual snowfall at Crater Lake. Since then, the totals have trended downward by decade from an average of 614 inches in the 1930s to about 455 inches last decade. Even more alarming, this last winter, 2012-13, Crater Lake received about 355 inches....
Canada reveals climate stance with praise Australian carbon tax repeal
2013-11-14 11:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Canada has dropped any remaining pretences of supporting global action on climate change by urging other countries to follow Australia's example in gutting its climate plan. In a formal statement, the Canadian government said it "applauds" the move by Australia this week to repeal a carbon tax on the country's 300 biggest polluters. "Canada applauds the decision by prime minister Abbott to introduce legislation to repeal Australia's carbon tax. The Australian prime minister's decision will...
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Australia new PM brings carbon tax repeal bill, as promised
2013-11-12 19:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott stuck to an election pledge on Wednesday to quickly repeal a carbon tax, introducing legislation as the new parliament met for the first time. Abbott, once a climate-change skeptic, was elected in September partly on the back of a plan to scrap a scheme to price the carbon emissions responsible for global warming. But he faces a tough test to convince opposition politicians, with the Greens and Labor Party vowing to fight the changes. "The election was...
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Australia: Tony Abbott attempts to shift focus to carbon tax as new parliament opens
2013-11-10 21:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Tony Abbott will use the opening of the new 44th parliament to focus attention back on his planned repeal of Labor's carbon price after weeks of controversy over MPs perks, strained relations with Indonesia over asylum arrivals and regional surveillance, and displays of internal division over foreign investment and industry policy. The new parliament will sit in Canberra on Tuesday for the first time since the September election, and Abbott took to YouTube and social media on Sunday night with...
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