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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Adam Morton Climate and environment editor

‘No time to waste’: getting Australian homes off gas crucial for meeting net zero targets, report says

A kitchen gas stove burner
A Grattan Institute report cited studies that found gas stoves release nitrogen dioxide and tiny PM2.5 particles that irritate lungs and have been linked to substantially higher asthma levels in children. Photograph: Dan Peled/AAP

Getting households off gas for heating and cooking would cut energy bills and improve people’s health, and is necessary for Australia to have any hope of reaching net zero greenhouse emissions by 2050, a new analysis says.

The report by the Grattan Institute, a Melbourne-based thinktank, called on state and territory governments to set dates for the end of gas use and launch campaigns to encourage and help households become “all electric”, running on renewable energy.

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