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Australia and the U.S. are passing major climate bills – without taxing carbon

At last, there’s action on climate change. The United States recently passed its largest climate bill ever and Australia is set to usher a 43 per cent emissions target into law, although the Greens will try to amend the bill so the climate impacts of new gas and coal projects are considered. Good news, right?