The Greens Will Introduce A Climate Trigger Bill To Ban Approval Of Massive New Mines I Fkn Dig It

The Greens have introduced a climate trigger bill to parliament to ban the approval of new carbon-churning mines in Australia and dear lord, my fingers have never been crossed this tightly. The proposed laws would act as a safeguard mechanism to ensure all future coal and gas projects wouldn’t contribute to climate change. Basically, no projects emitting more than 100,000 tonnes of carbon would be allowed to go ahead and anything emitting between 25,000 and 100,000 tonnes would be required to undergo an assessment on whether or not it’d make climate change worse. The bill would also require the Climate Change Authority to develop a carbon budget — ie how much carbon we can emit annually if we’re going to meet our targets. The environment minister would have to assess projects against what’s left in the carbon budget.

The Greens, who have supported Labor’s climate bill and emissions reductions targets, said there was a gaping hole in Australia’s environment laws that allowed the government to approve new mines without factoring in its impact on climate change. This proposed legislation would change that.

“Australia’s environmental laws are broken. They are failing to protect nature and our iconic wildlife,” the Greens senator responsible for the bill, Sarah Hanson-Young

said in a statementTanya Plibersek the government wouldn’t rule out

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