Article 6AAPK Australia passes most significant climate law in a decade amid concern over fossil fuel exports

Australia passes most significant climate law in a decade amid concern over fossil fuel exports

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Adam Morton
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Deal between Labor government and Greens requires total emissions from big industrial sites to come down, not just be offset

Australia's parliament has passed the country's most significant emissions reduction legislation in more than a decade after the government won backing from Greens and independent MPs for a plan to deal with pollution from major industrial sites.

After weeks of closed-door negotiation, a deal was brokered between the Labor government and Greens, a minor party with 15 parliamentarians, that included legislating an explicit requirement that total emissions from major industrial facilities must come down, not just be offset.

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