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Market Chaos Won't Slow Carbon Scheme - Australia PM

Australia's plans to launch a carbon emissions trading scheme within two years will not be derailed by the global financial crisis, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said on Tuesday. Australia's second-largest oil and gas producer, Woodside Petroleum Ltd, this week told Rudd's centre-left Labor government that global market volatility and bank credit paralysis should put emissions trading on hold.