Senators reject Greens bill to insert climate trigger into environmental laws
by Lisa Cox from Environment | The Guardian on (#6JEGQ)
Committee says safeguard mechanism will help cut emissions and ban on projects emitting more than 100,000 tonnes of CO2 not needed
A Senate committee has recommended the parliament vote down a bill that would insert a climate trigger into Australia's national environmental laws.
The bill, introduced by the Greens, would for the first time require the environment minister to consider the climate impact of a major development during the assessment process under Australia's environmental laws.
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