Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions up for four years in a row

Australia's greenhouse gas emissions in 2018 rose for a fourth year in a row, an increase at odds with the country's Paris climate pledge, according to a government submission to the United Nations.

Yallourn Power Station in Victoria's Latrobe Valley.
The power sector has been one of the few to show falling
emissions as renewables increase their share.

The National Inventory Report to the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change showed emissions last year were 537 million tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalent (which include all greenhouse gases), based on preliminary figures.

Read the story from The Age by Peter Hannam - “Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions up for four years in a row.”