Coalmine expansions would breach climate targets, NSW government warned in ‘game-changer’ report

Environmental advocates welcome Net Zero Commission's report which found the fossil fuel was not consistent' with emissions reductions commitments

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The New South Wales government has been warned it can no longer approve coalmine developments after the state's climate agency found new expansions would be inconsistent with its legislated emissions targets.

In what climate advocates described as a significant turning point in campaigns against new fossil fuel programs, the NSW Net Zero Commission said coalmine expansions were not consistent" with the state's legal emissions reductions commitments of a 50% cut (compared with 2005 levels) by 2030, a 70% cut by 2035, and reaching net zero by 2050.

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