Greens push for legal ‘climate trigger’ on new projects as industry calls for policy certainty

Peak industry and conservation groups urge parliament to pass the Albanese government's 43% emissions reduction target

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All future coal and gas projects would be assessed on whether they would make climate change worse under legislation the Greens will introduce into the Senate, as support for the so-called climate trigger" grows among those crucial to passing Labor's climate bill.

The push comes as industry and conservation groups on Monday called on the parliament to pass the Albanese government's bill, which legislates its 43% emissions reduction target, hailing it as an important step towards greater climate policy certainty".

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