https://archive.md/gU9yH
"MELBOURNE, Australia — The Australian Parliament took its most meaningful step
in years toward addressing global warming Thursday, passing an emissions
reduction bill that will compel the country’s biggest industrial polluters to
reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by about 30 percent by 2030.
It is a landmark moment for Australia, which has been a stubborn holdout even
as countries around the world have moved to reduce their impact on the
atmosphere in the face of catastrophic climate change.
“After a wasted decade, today is a great day for action on climate change,”
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who leads the center-left Labor Party, said
Monday when the legislation was passed in the lower house. The Senate passed
the bill on Thursday with a 32-26 vote.
Under the new legislation, dubbed the “safeguard mechanism,” Australia’s
highest-emitting industrial facilities are compelled to reduce their greenhouse
gas emissions. The result should be “equivalent to taking two-thirds of the
nation’s cars off the road,” Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen said.
In a global context, the mechanism is unremarkable, similar to cap-and-trade
mechanisms implemented elsewhere. But in Australia, where conflict over climate
policy has long been a toxic political issue, it represents a shift in the way
the nation is engaging with the world on climate."
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Future Crunch:
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