Australia says emissions trading needed to fight global warming
AFP, February, 2007
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SYDNEY (AFP) — A worldwide system to put a price on harmful gas emissions should be a key part of any plan to combat global warming, but should not come at Australia's expense, Prime Minister John Howard has said.
"Market mechanisms, including carbon pricing, will be integral to any long-term response to climate change," Howard said during his weekly radio address on Sunday.
But the prime minister, whose government has refused to adopt the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse gas emissions such as carbon dioxide which are believed responsible for global warming, said Australian industry had to be protected.
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"All of my government's many initiatives to tackle global warming and its symptoms are sensitive to the nature of our industries, our major power sources and our natural abundance of fossil fuels," he said.
"We are not going to sell out the many thousands of workers in the mining ...
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