Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions are rising to the highest figures seen in years, according to official government figures, rising 1.6% in the last quarter and 1% in the past year.
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| The Bayswater coal-powered thermal power station near Muswellbrook in New South Wales. Australia’s emissions have increased to the highest level in years.
The country’s emissions in the year to March 2017 are the highest on record at 550.3m tonnes of CO2 equivalent when emissions from land use change are excluded – a sector where the government says its figures have a high degree of uncertainty.
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The country’s emissions rose by 1.6m tonnes in the quarter to March 2017, or by 1.1% – a figure that is the same whether estimations of land use emissions are taken into account or not.
Read Michael Slezak’s story on The Guardian - “Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions soar in latest figures.”
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