New evidence says gas exports damage the climate even more than coal. It’s time Australia took serious action | Adam Morton

A US study estimates the total climate pollution from LNG was 33% greater than that from coal over a 20-year period. This should have major ramifications for emissions policy

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The claim that Australian gas exports are clean" and needed to drive the transition to net zero greenhouse gas emissions has become an article of faith for significant parts of the country's industry, media and political classes - often repeated, only occasionally challenged.

It has buttressed a massive expansion of the liquified natural gas (LNG) industry in the north of the continent over the past decade, with major new developments in Queensland, Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

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