nytimes.com - 12/14/2008
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Australia announced plans to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by between 5 and 15 percent by 2020, angering environmental groups that had lobbied for much deeper cuts. >
pm.gov.au - 12/15/2008
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pm.gov.au —
by, for the first time, putting a cost
on carbon pollution which will encourage major carbon polluting...
businesses to lower their emissions; by using the funds raised by the scheme to help industries that pollute, to lower their emissions, transition ...
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Prime Minister of Australia - Speech - Australia's Low ...
guardian.co.uk - 12/14/2008
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Australia today pledged to cut its greenhouse gas
emissions by 5%-15% by 2020 via the world's broadest...
cap and trade scheme. Business analysts believed that industry overall would be relieved at the trimming of some of the costs to polluters but ...
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Climate change: Australia pledges to cut emissions by up ...
businessgreen.com - 12/14/2008
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businessgreen.com —
Tom Young, BusinessGreen , Monday 15 December 2008
at 12:29:00 Australia follows EU in agreeing to binding...
emission targets, but environmental groups slam "weak" targets as inadequate Australia today pledged to cut greenhouse gas ...
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Australia commits to cut carbon 15 per cent by 2020
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Australia Unveils Targets to Cut Pollution
Ecoearth.info Blog —
... Date: December 14, 2008 Byline: Meraiah Foley Original URL Australia announced plans Monday to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 5 to 15 percent by 2020, angering environmental groups that had lobbied for much deeper cuts. In a policy statement, the government said the final target would depend on whether developed and developing nations, including major emitters like China and India, could agree to binding reductions under a new United Nations climate treaty next year. If the world acts together to forge deep cuts, Australia will reduce its emissions by 15 percent of ...
Australians rally for the planet
Enviroblog —
... The New York Times reports that Australia's actual emissions cut depends on whether other nations commit to their own reductions. For example, if major emitters like China and India promise significant cuts , Australians might reduce their greenhouse gases emission by up to 15%. The decision infuriated environmentalists who called it a global embarrassment for Australia. ...
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