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Abe Maddison

State branded climate change capital as emissions swell

Activists fear the North West Shelf call will lead to other projects like Browse Basin proceeding. (HANDOUT/CONSERVATION COUNCIL OF WA)

Official figures showing greenhouse gas emissions in WA increasing to near record levels confirm the state as Australia's climate change capital, a Greens MP says.

WA emitted 89.37 million tonnes of carbon dioxide in 2022/23, the latest available data shows, an annual increase of nearly four per cent on the previous year.

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