Australia's untapped gas reserves could unleash three years' worth of global emissions
by Adam Morton Environment editor from Environment | The Guardian on (#57Z19)
Pinning hopes of economic recovery on fossil fuel comes at huge environmental cost, analysis warns
Australia's untapped gas reservoirs could lead to three years' worth of global greenhouse gas emissions if they were developed to their full extent, an analysis suggests.
With the Morrison government proposing what it has described as a gas-led recovery", a report by the thinktank the Australia Institute has estimated the emissions that would be released if the fossil fuel industry were significantly expanded.
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