SYDNEY, May 20 (Reuters) – The architect of Australia’s stalled carbon-emissions trading scheme called on Thursday for an interim carbon tax to be imposed, arguing that a tax would be preferable to further inaction and debate over emissions trading.
The idea of a carbon tax has resurfaced as a policy option after the government, facing stiff parliamentary opposition, shelved its plan to cut greenhouse gases. The plan would have forced polluters to buy emission permits through an open market.
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