Via Crooked Timber, Australia has (barring unforeseen circumstances) finally passed a carbon tax. It may fall under the heading of “locking the barn door when the horse is out,” but it’s better than nothing – and it’s more than we’ve managed to do.
Carbon tax
http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/climate-change-and-the-end-of-australia-20111003?page=3
Climate change is about to make Australia uninhabitable to vertebrates. So yeah, I bet they pass this.