Australia’s emissions go up again, but Environment Minister says progress being made

Australia's greenhouse gas emissions for the quarter ending in June 2018 have risen again, continuing the upward trend in emissions since 2013.

Emissions have increased again due to LNG and coal production.

The latest Quarterly Update of Australia's National Greenhouse Gas Inventory shows a 1.3 per cent increase on the previous quarter.

Emissions for the year ending in June 2018 have increased on the previous year by 0.6 per cent, pushing Australia's emissions to the highest they have been since 2011.

According to the report, the increase was mainly driven by high liquefied natural gas (LNG) production for export and "a 15 per cent rebound in coal production after a downturn in the March 2018 quarter”.

Read the story from ABC News by environment reporter, Nick Kilvert - “Australia’s emissions go up again, but Environment Minister says progress being made.”