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Carbon tax repeal sparks jump Australia electricity emissions
2015-07-05 08:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Electricity emissions have jumped since the repeal of the carbon tax, the Climate Council says. The council cites new data by consultants Pitt & Sherry, showing carbon dioxide emissions from the electricity grid went up 6.4m tonnes in the last financial year since the tax was axed. The increase of 4.3% has undone part of an 11% fall in emissions during the two years the tax was in place. The federal government will soon outline Australias post-2020 targets, before the Paris conference in...
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