What is happening with Australia’s emissions? Electricity is improving. Transport is not
by Adam Morton Climate and environment editor from Environment | The Guardian on (#6ZHT6)
According to latest government figures, heat-trapping pollution dropped by 1.4% in the year to March
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The Australian government was hit with sharp criticism in May when - despite its promise that it would take serious action - the country's greenhouse gas emissions were revealed to have slightly increased last year.
New data for the year to March suggest this has now changed. According to a climate department quarterly inventory, heat-trapping pollution dropped by 1.4%.
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