Climate Council senior advisor Ben McLeod said the decision was difficult to reconcile with Australia’s emission reduction commitments.
“To see that they had approved it until 2081 — more than three decades after Australia should be reaching its net zero targets — is shocking,” he said.
just yesterday here in Australia
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