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Environment
Jennifer Dudley-Nicholson

Australia could cut global emissions with green metals

Producing green metals has been touted as a way Australia can reduce global greenhouse emissions. (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Australia could significantly cut global greenhouse gas emissions and double its export revenue by producing green metals, former competition leader Rod Sims says.  

But the Superpower Institute chairman also said the forthcoming federal budget would need to address hurdles to launching renewable energy projects and Australia would need to tax fossil fuels by 2030 to make the most of its opportunity. 

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