Australia should abandon goal to limit global heating to 1.5C, says gas company eyeing Beetaloo Basin
by Sarah Martin Chief political correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#62BK0)
Tamboran Resources, which received $7.5m to explore Beetaloo Basin, argues target may hinder climate improving' gas projects
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A gas company with interests in the Beetaloo Basin is calling on the federal government to rewrite its climate change legislation to abandon the unattainable" objective of trying to limit global heating to 1.5C.
The call comes despite Australia being a signatory to the Paris agreement that aims to limit global warming to well below 2C - and preferably to 1.5C - compared to pre-industrial levels.
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