Carbon tax repeal sparks jump in Australia's electricity emissions

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Source: Australian Associated Press

Carbon tax repeal sparks jump in Australia's electricity emissions

Australian Associated Press
Sunday 5 July 2015 07.10 BST

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 Australia’s post-2020 targets, before the Paris conference in December.

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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/jul/05/carbon-tax-repeal-sparks-jump-in-australias-electricity-emissions

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1. Australia's a Chinese dependency.

China has Australia's pecker in its pocket. All that coal.