Scale of rise prompts warning Australia will struggle to cut emissions if Labor revamp allows new coal and gas
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Greenhouse gas emissions from gas and oil extraction in Australia rose 20% in the five years after the 2016 introduction of the safeguard mechanism, a policy supposed to to stop increases.
The scale of the emissions growth, revealed in a new analysis by the Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF), has prompted a warning that the Albanese government will struggle to cut industrial emissions if its planned revamp of the mechanism continues to allow new coal and gas developments.