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Climate Council
@climatecouncil
Providing Australians with a reliable source of information on climate science.
Oct 5, 2022 • 4 tweets • 4 min read
The Safeguard Mechanism is the most important climate policy you’ve probably never heard of. So we’re giving it a re-brand and calling it what it really is: a #PollutionSpeedLimit on Australia’s biggest emitters.

Read more in our handy explainer 👇
climatecouncil.org.au/resources/aust… These are Australia's 10 biggest corporate polluters. Together, they've pumped out 362 million+ tonnes of harmful pollution since the Safeguard Mechanism started – that’s the same amount of CO2 produced by over 16 million Aussies in a year. Not much of a #PollutionSpeedLimit!
Oct 5, 2022 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
It's just over a year since Australia (finally) got its 1st offshore wind farm bill.

Why was it such an important step? Well firstly, we'd waited years for it. Meanwhile places like the UK powered ahead and reaped the benefits of this booming clean industry.
Sep 8, 2022 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
[Media Release]: Now the Climate Bill has passed, the hard yakka begins.. 🧵

#AusPol #ClimateEmergency

climatecouncil.org.au/resources/now-… Climate Council CEO Amanda McKenzie says: "Australia’s politicians are finally working together.. we thank members of the ALP, the Greens and the Independents in both houses of Parliament for working together so constructively to pass this Bill."
Dec 3, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Our researchers have examined the @AustralianLabor #poweringAustralia plan and here's their top line assessment:

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1. The 2030 target in the ALP plan sets Australia on a path to achieve net zero in 2050. @AustralianLabor 2. Under current policy settings we won’t reach net zero until almost 2100. In fact, the Morrison government’s own modelling shows it would only be reducing emissions by a little more than a half by 2050.