Coalition’s climate policy has allowed heavy industry to increase emissions by nearly a third

Heavy industry companies in Australia have been given the green light to increase their greenhouse gas emissions by nearly a third without penalty under the Coalition’s climate change policy.

The most recent data, for 2017-18, shows emissions
from large industry are up 12% since 2015. The
Coalition’s climate policy has allowed them to increase
by nearly a third without penalty.

An analysis of a scheme known as the “safeguard mechanism”, part of the Coalition’s Direct Action policy, found the government regulator has approved a 32% increase in how much large industrial facilities are allowed to emit each year since the policy was introduced.

While not every company emits up to their limit under the scheme, the most recent data, for 2017-18, shows emissions from large industry are up 12% since 2015.

Read the story from The Guardian by Adam Morton - “Coalition’s climate policy has allowed heavy industry to increase emissions by nearly a third.”