WA EPA to consider IPCC report in update to greenhouse gas guidance to industry
3 years, 4 months ago

WA EPA to consider IPCC report in update to greenhouse gas guidance to industry

ABC  

The West Australian Environmental Protection Authority says it will take into account the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report when it updates greenhouse gas guidance, as it calls for comment on a gas fracking proposal in the state's north. Key points: The WA EPA says it will consider the IPCC report when they update its greenhouse emission guidance next year Public comment has opened on a new gas fracking proposal in the Kimberley region Environmentalists say the proposal should not be considered in light of the IPCC report The report said that within a decade, global warming could push temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, and called a "code red for humanity", United Nations secretary-general Antonio Guterres declared. Dr Tonts now has to find a way to reconcile the IPCC report and his state's economic reliance on fossil fuels as the WA EPA works through a process to update its greenhouse gas emission guidance by early 2022. "Certainly the report … has really focused the mind around what do we need to do in terms of managing greenhouse gas emissions," he said.

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2 years, 1 month ago

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ABC  

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The Hindu  

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