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Marty Silk

Qld Greens push plans to end fossil fuel industry

Queensland Greens MP Michael Berkman will table laws to wind down the fossil fuel industry by 2030. (Glenn Hunt/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

All new coal, oil and gas projects in Queensland will be banned and the state's fossil fuel exports phased out within seven years under laws being proposed by the Greens.

Greens MP Michael Berkman will table legislation in parliament to wind down the fossil fuel industry by 2030 in a bid to meet Australia's Paris Agreement obligations to limit global warming to 1.5C above pre-industrial levels.

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