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"As a nation, we need to put a price on carbon and create a clean energy future, " Ms Gillard told a news conference in Canberra.
BBC: Australia plans to impose carbon tax on worst polluters
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With climate policy in disarray here in the United States as well, leading environmental organizations and progressives would do well to look to our friends in Australia for a new model to move away from compromised and politically unsustainable emissions trading and toward major public investments in clean energy innovation and infrastructure to create a prosperous clean energy economy.
FORBES: Climate Fight Down Under
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What really matters to create a new clean energy economy and stimulate private investment in the near-term are policy regimes that employ direct and targeted public investments to cover the cost gap between higher-cost clean energy and fossil fuels.
FORBES: Cap And Trade Wasn't The Answer