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Australia’s Labor embraces NEG changes, still opposes ‘weak’ CO2 target

Published 09:49 on April 17, 2018  /  Last updated at 19:34 on April 17, 2018  / /  Asia Pacific, Australia

Australia’s main opposition party on Tuesday embraced draft changes to the National Energy Guarantee (NEG) it said would make the policy work like an emission intensity trading scheme, but maintained that the government-set emission target and approach to state renewable goals were unacceptable.
Australia’s main opposition party on Tuesday embraced draft changes to the National Energy Guarantee (NEG) it said would make the policy work like an emission intensity trading scheme, but maintained that the government-set emission target and approach to state renewable goals were unacceptable.


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