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Australia PM Gillard announces carbon pricing plan; transport fuels exempt, but lowered fuel tax credits to bring carbon price to some businesses

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Australia’s per capita CO 2 emissions are higher than those of the US due to an emissions-intensive energy sector. Australia Prime Minister Julia Gillard unveiled Australia’s carbon pricing plan—a core element in a new clean energy plan—in a short address to the nation. Click to enlarge.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

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But EVs come with important weaknesses, and so people shouldn’t count on them alone to do the job, even for the transportation sector. And it produces almost all its electricity from hydro and solar. about 60 percent of its electricity from fossil fuels, primarily natural gas, which produces less carbon than coal does.