Ending land clearing would compete with renewables for carbon abatement, analysis finds

RepuTex says ceasing all land clearing by 2030 would save between 300m and 650m tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions

Ending land clearing in Australia by 2030 would cut Australia's greenhouse gas emissions by about as much as the whole of Australia produces in a year , a new report has found.

Queensland has been clearing about 300,000ha of land a year since the Newman government weakened restrictions on land clearing there and the Palaszczuk government failed to tighten them.