Global Warming - Australia, Right To Wrong

Guardian UK: Could Australia really dismantle its carbon price? The conservative government in Australia proposes to be the first country in the world to abolish a legislated price on carbon emissions. Could Australia really go down this path?

From 2011 to 2013, carbon emissions from electricity supply, the major source of carbon pollution in Australia, reduced by 7 percent, due both to the carbon price and growth in renewable energy. Renewable energy in Australia grew by around 30 percent from 2012.

The new conservative government led by Tony Abbott is planning on winding back almost all of these policies. After his election last year, he declared abolishing carbon pricing his "top legislative priority".