WA’s plan to curb emissions ‘unworkable’, says Morrison.

The Morrison government has criticised as “unworkable” a plan by Western Australia’s environment watchdog to impose tougher measures to curb greenhouse gas emissions from large projects.

 The government says tough new guidelines by Western
Australia’s EPA have been greeted with ‘alarm’ by some businesses.

The state’s environmental protection authority, which works independently as an adviser to the WA government on environmental approvals, published new guidelines this week that would require developers of projects with direct emissions of more than 100,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per annum to demonstrate they have taken all reasonable steps to reduce or avoid emissions.

They will also have to offset all net direct emissions associated with the project.

The guidelines would apply to new projects or to previously approved proposals that have been referred back to the EPA for reconsideration.

Read the story from The Guardian by Lisa Cox - “WA’s plan to curb emissions ‘unworkable’, says Morrison.”