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Existing Clean Technology Can Cut Australia’s Emissions 80 per cent in Five Years
Australia can slash its total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by over 80 per cent in five years using existing clean technology, a report has found. This is almost double the Federal Government’s current target of 43 per cent from 2005 levels. The report, Deploy – Ambitious cleantech rollout to cut emissions and build a prosperous Australian economy, published by think tank Beyond Zero Emissions (BZE), outlines the steps Australia can take to get there. Just six existing technologies do the [...]
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