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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Environment
Peter Hannam

NSW government called out on net zero goal as own data projects coal and gas emissions until 2050

Open cut coal mine in Wollongong
The NSW government’s own data projects that annual emissions from coal and gas fields will remain at 3.2 mtCO2-e by 2050. Photograph: Brook Mitchell/Getty Images

Labor, the Greens and independent politicians have called on the New South Wales government to explain how emissions projections square with its 2050 net zero goal, after its own data showed pollution from coal and gas extending out to mid-century.

The figures, which are contained within the government’s emissions dashboard, also show the land sector growing as a sink for carbon emissions even after the government loosened land clearing laws allowing farmers to remove more vegetation.

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