07 June, 2019

Victoria pushed to make much deeper emission cuts, but quicker coal closures loom.


Victoria has been urged to cut its carbon emissions by as much as 60 per cent over the next 10 years – more than double the Morrison government’s 26 to 28 per cent target – to help the state play its part in preventing the worst effects of global warming.
A coal reckoning? Yallourn Power Station in the Latrobe Valley, Victoria.
A coal reckoning? Yallourn Power Station in the Latrobe Valley, Victoria.


An expert panel chaired by Greg Combet, the former federal Labor minister for climate change, called on the Andrews government to make deep cuts to emissions in the next decade in sectors including electricity, industry and agriculture.


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