Australia’s Lower House Narrowly Passes Carbon Tax - NYTimes.com

“We can repeal the tax, we will repeal the tax, we must repeal the tax. This is a pledge in blood. This tax will go,” Mr. Abbott said, according to Reuters.

US must stop promoting biofuels to tackle world hunger, says thinktank | Environment | guardian.co.uk

America must stop promoting the production of biofuels if there is to be any real progress in addressing spiking global food prices and famine, such as seen in the Horn of Africa, an authoritative thinktank has warned.

A new report, the Global Hunger Index, warned that US government support for corn ethanol was a major factor behind this year's food price spikes – and was projected to fuel further volatility in food prices over the next decade.

Australian parliament passes divisive carbon tax

the prime minister was later repeatedly heckled during Question Time by scores of protesters in the public gallery, who accused Gillard of breaking election promises and chanted "democracy is dead" and "no mandate".

"The people are very angry and frustrated and don't know what to do because the government says they are of no consequence," said one of the demonstrators, Peter Madden, after being asked to leave the gallery.

Green taxes could force one in four into fuel poverty | Mail Online

One in four households will be driven into fuel poverty if the Government pursues controversial green energy targets, ministers have been warned.

‘Radical policy change’ may be necessary to protect millions of struggling families from biggest household price shock since the 1970s, according to City analysts.