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Australia's Parliament defeats global warming bill
By ROHAN SULLIVAN, Associated Press Writer Rohan Sullivan, Associated Press Writer
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Wed Dec 2, 2:45 am ET
SYDNEY – Australia's plans for an emissions trading system to combat global warming were scuttled Wednesday in Parliament, handing a defeat to a government that had hoped to set an example at international climate change talks next week.
The Senate, where Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's government
does not hold a majority, rejected his administration's proposal for
Australia to become one of the first countries to install a so-called
cap-and-trade system to slash the amount of heat-trapping pollution
that industries pump into the air.
The 41-33 vote followed a tumultuous debate in which the conservative main opposition party
at first agreed to support a version of the government's bill, then
dramatically dumped its leader and switched sides after bitter
divisions erupted within the party.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091202/ap_on_re_as/climate_australia