The Australian Senate voted 36-32 on Tuesday to approve a emissions. Australia follows the European Union as the world’s second-biggest economy to impose a tax on emission. The new laws will $23.70 per ton of carbon emitted by the country鈥檚 500 biggest polluters. The tax is seen as a for Prime Minister Julia Gillard, but opposition leader Tony Abbot has already said he will repeal it if he is elected in 2013. In 2015, the plan will change to an emissions trading scheme.
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