Sheep farmers to be hit by carbon tax: NFF - Weekly Times Now

SHEEPMEAT producers will be slugged with thousands of dollars of extra costs should a carbon tax be passed, new research states.

Data released today by the Sheepmeat Council of Australia and the National Farmers Federation shows the average sheepmeat producer would have to fork out more than $6000 in extra costs in the five years after a carbon tax was introduced.

Ban to Run for Second Term as UN Chief Backed by Asia, U.S. - Businessweek

Asked about his unmet first-term goals of ending the conflict in the Darfur region of Sudan and completing an international agreement to combat climate change, Ban said he was “sorry to tell you that all these major challenges are in process that we will try to accelerate.”

He took credit for drawing attention to climate change...