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EU's low carbon price blows back on Australia

Posted by Vote Climate on Saturday, May 11, 2013, In : Emissions Trading Scheme 
The unprecedented collapse in European carbon prices is shattering Australia's budget assumptions just as corporate resistance to the market weakens in the developed world's biggest per capita polluter.
http://www.smh.com.au/business/carbon-economy/eus-carbon-crisis-blows-back-on-australia-20130509-2j8t0.html
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Is the carbon price working to reduce brown coal use?

Posted by Vote Climate on Saturday, May 11, 2013, In : Emissions Trading Scheme 
Electricity generated by Australia's highly polluting brown coal power plants has fallen 14 per cent since introduction of the carbon price, while renewable power has soared. However, there are many factors at work.
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/political-news/less-electricity-from-brown-coal-20130509-2jals.html
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