Greens leader says party will negotiate in good faith on proposals that deal with the ‘untenable’ opening of new coal and gas mines
Asked about other potential points of agreement with the government – including introducing a total cap on emissions from the scheme, imposing more onerous requirements on new entrants and waiting for aShow
Instead of reducing their own pollution, they can choose to buy offsets - known as Australian carbon credit units - that are meant to represent a reduction in emissions elsewhere. Methods approved to generate carbon credits in Australia include regenerating native forest that has been cleared, protecting a forest that would otherwise have been cleared and capturing and using emissions that leak from landfill sites to generate electricity.
“The starting point is a question about whether the government agrees it wants pollution from coal and gas [to] go up or down.”
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