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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Graham Readfearn

Is it really ‘madness’ to account for emissions from fossil fuels burned overseas? The Coalition sure thinks so

Angus Taylor and Matt Canavan.
Australian opposition leader Angus Taylor and Nationals leader Matt Canavan. The Coalition wants to repeal laws directing fossil fuel firms to disclose the emissions from their products burned overseas. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

The Coalition has come up with the perfect solution to deal with the climate pollution from when Australian fossil fuels are burned overseas.

We should either just pretend they don’t exist, or ignore the reason why people are concerned about them, even if those people include a majority of high court judges or the international court of justice.

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