Australian Miner Backs Case For Carbon Tax

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Submitted by csekiran on Wed, 2010-09-22 14:48

Iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group joined BHP Billiton Tuesday in calling for Australia to consider a carbon tax over emission trading, as a senior minister backed a targeted carbon price for electricity.

Australia, one of the worst per-capita greenhouse gas polluters, is renewing policies to curb emissions after elections last month left Prime Minister Julia Gillard relying on a Greens MP a

Name of the Newspaper: 
Planet Ark (Australia)
thesaurus: 
Australia
Electricity
Energy
Carbon Tax
Emissions Trading
Green House Gases
Climate Change
Renewable Energy
Coal
Thermal Power Plants
Main Topic: 
Climate Change
Author: 
Amy Pyett
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DNB
External URL: 
http://planetark.org/enviro-news/item/59611
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Publication Date: 
22/09/2010