Australia's opposition elected a new leader Tuesday who immediately vowed to vote against government legislation aimed at curbing greenhouse gases, which would hand Prime Minister Kevin Rudd a mechanism to call an early election.
The debate over the government's plans to set up a carbon trading system is one of the most contentious in the country in years, and is shaping up as a key issue in elections expected next year.
Australia is one of the world's worst carbon dioxide polluters per capita because it relies heavily on coal for power generation. As the driest continent after Antarctica, it is also considered one of the most vulnerable countries to …
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