Australia's Rudd hits out at critics of carbon trading scheme


	Australia's Rudd hits out at critics of carbon trading scheme

Socratoad

7-20-2008 3:31 PM

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Better than nothing? That certainly is debatable.

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Climate Minister Penny Wong on Wednesday introduced a "cap-and-trade" scheme to be introduced by 2010, which she said was the country's most significant economic reform in a generation.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Australias_Rudd_hits_out_at_critics_of_carbon_trading_scheme_999.html"><P>
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But Prime Minister Kevin Rudd hit back Thursday, saying the move would work. "The whole point of the system is to reduce emissions," he told national radio.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Australias_Rudd_hits_out_at_critics_of_carbon_trading_scheme_999.html"><P>
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