Labor now has to make rules about how pollution will be cut in order to reach their climate targets.
They’ll do that through the Safeguard Mechanism, which sets a baseline limit on how much pollution will need to be cut by big polluting facilities.
These rules will need the Senate’s backing – where the Greens hold the balance of power. We’ll be fighting to ensure the Safeguard Mechanism deals with new coal and gas – which will blow the 43% target.
A mechanism that lets you open up 114 new coal and gas projects would be a recipe for climate collapse.
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