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Australia Passes Carbon Tax
Australia has passed a carbon tax, making it the second major economy after the EU to put a cap on carbon. The legislation sets a fixed carbon tax of A$23 (US$23.7) a ton on the country’s 500 biggest polluters, starting in July 2012. The program then shifts into an emissions trading scheme from July 2015, Reuters reports. Australia’s carbon market is expected to reach as much as A$15 billion by 2015. The package of 18 laws passed the Senate today with a margin of only four votes, according to the Financial Times. The tax squeaked through the lower house of parliament last month by just two votes. Along with the tax and trading scheme, the legislation provides for billions of dollars in compensation for export-exposed industries, such as steel makers, aluminum companies and zinc refiners, which will get 94.5 percent of their carbon permits free for the first three years. With the rules, Australia hopes to reach a goal of cutting emissions by five percent, from 2000 levels, by 2020.
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Innovation with Impact: Financing 21st Century Development
In a report presented to world leaders at the G20 summit in Cannes, France, I outlined recommendations to encourage innovation and new partnerships that increase the value and delivery of development aid. Executive Summary Leadership from the G20 is critically important right now. The global economic situation is as fragile as it has been at any time in the past 50 years. As leaders of the G20, you face a difficult challenge: How do you resolve the immediate crisis while continuing to make smart investments in long-term growth and improved living conditions? During my lifetime, innovations in business, science, and technology have energized the global market economy in unprecedented ways. This progress has benefited everyone, not just the richest. In the past 50 years, a billion people were saved from starvation by advances in agriculture. Aid Has Helped Reduce Child Deaths Dramatically, and Can Continue to Do So I begin the report by describing the paramount importance of innovation.
60 of the world's happiest facts
1. A group of flamingos is called a flamboyance. 2. If you fake laugh long enough you’ll start to really laugh, really, really hard. 3. The book cover to the prize winning short story collection, Spellbound, was chosen because author, Joel Willans, bought his wife’s engagement ring with poker winnings. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32.The kingdom of Bhutan use ‘gross national happiness’ as a key national indicator. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 2013 is the first year since 1987 that consists for four different digits. 59. 60.
Bill Gates Champions A Financial Transactions Tax: 'This Money Could Be Well Spent And Make A Difference'
By Tanya Somanader on November 3, 2011 at 12:01 pm "Bill Gates Champions A Financial Transactions Tax: ‘This Money Could Be Well Spent And Make A Difference’" While Republicans resist any attempt to address growing income inequality, more and more of America’s wealthy are asking to pay their fair share. Joining billionaire Warren Buffet, Microsoft founder Bill Gates recently issued his support for “millionaires and billionaires” paying more in taxes. Now, Gates is taking it a step further and traveling to the G-20 meeting in Cannes, France today to champion the “Robin Hood tax” — a small financial transaction tax on each stock and bond trade — in order to help financially strapped developed nations meet their global aid pledges to the poor. Speaking to the Guardian on the eve of the summit, Gates said: “It is very plausible that certain kinds of FTTs could work. Gates is not alone in his effort.
13 Everyday Things With Not Normal Names
A Simple Solution to the Debt Crisis
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What makes a hero? - Matthew Winkler
The Hero Archetype in Literature, Religion, and Popular Culture: (along with a useful PowerPoint presentation teachers can download at this URL: )Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction (users embark on their own hero's journey): American Masters Lesson from PBS for Teachers on George Lucas, the Power of Myth, and the Hero's Journey: an interactive approach to the Hero's Journey: of course, information about Joseph Campbell's works on the subject, on the Joseph Campbell Foundation site:The Hero With A Thousand Faces Hero's Journey (semi-biographical film):
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