Australia Abolishes Carbon Tax; Environment Groups Denounce Return to 'Bad Old Days'

摘要

The Australian Senate on July 17 abolished the country's 2-year-old carbon tax on the largest emitters of greenhouse gases, making good on the new conservative government's pro-business pledge but raising questions about the country's strategy to address climate change. The Senate passed, 39-32, a series of eight bills that abolished the obligation on large polluters to pay for their carbon emissions, retroactive to July 1. The vote followed earlier passage in the House of Representatives.