AUSTRALIA DELAYS EMISSIONS SCHEME
May 7th, 2009
Australia delays emissions scheme Prime Minister Kevin Rudd: ‘This is a hard piece of policy’ The Australian government says it will push back a planned carbon emissions trading scheme (ETS) by a year. Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said the delay was necessary because of the poor economic climate. But he also suggested that Australia could pursue tougher emissions reductions targets if an international deal was reached. The ETS, which has been criticised by
