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political reporter Jake Evans

Greens vow to use new pollution trigger in safeguard mechanism to challenge future coal and gas projects

Adam Bandt says his party will continue to challenge future coal and gas projects. (ABC News: Adam Kennedy)

The Greens vow to use a new pollution trigger — secured in negotiations with the government on its key emissions reduction policy — to challenge future coal and gas projects.

The government's safeguard mechanism will require the nation's heaviest polluters to reduce or offset their emissions by 4.9 per cent each year to 2030.

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