Australia's greenhouse gas emissions fall slightly as new clean energy comes online

Reduction largely wiped out by a rise in carbon pollution from big industrial sites, particularly liquefied natural gas plants

Australia's greenhouse gas emissions fell slightly last year, according to official data released on Friday, as new clean energy plants came online and the drought continued to limit farming output.

But the reduction was largely wiped out by an increase in carbon pollution from big industrial sites, particularly liquefied natural gas plants off the country's northern coast.