Impact: State Emissions

impact: This is a far cry from requiring proponents to immediately and completely offset their greenhouse gas emissions, which the EPA had proposed in March, to set a higher bar for assessing the impact of projects that would increase state emissions, and impede the national carbon abatement task, according to Australian Broadcasting Corporation. In our view federal government regulations are not going to deliver the outcomes as currently applied that are necessary for Australia to meet its international obligations under the Paris Agreement. The new guideline, released by the W.A. EPA on Monday, calls on proponents of major greenhouse gas emitting projects to show how they can reasonably and practicably avoid, reduce, and offset emissions in line with the state's net zero emissions by 2050 target. That's why we're doing this, EPA chair Tom Hatton said at the time. Nine months and comprehensive consultation later almost 7000 submissions were received during the public consultation period not much has changed, except that the state government has since introduced its own goal of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. adsbygoogle window.adsbygoogle .push ;Nearly 7,000 of you made a submission to the EPA here in Western Australia on their Greenhouse Gas Emissions Guidelines 98% back strong action on the damaging emissions coming from our state The EPA now has the community mandate needed to produce strong emissions guidelines. But within a week and in the face of a major backlash from industry, fossil fuel lobby groups and federal Coalition ranks, and zero support from the state Labor government the environmental watchdog was brought to heel, and the climate science-based brain explosion all but dismissed. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.