Federal emissions reduction regime needs urgent changes, say critics

By Joanne McCarthy
Updated February 24 2020 - 10:31am, first published 10:30am
Increases: Mandalong coal mine. Centennial Coal says emission increases at Mandalong and Myuna mines near Wangi Wangi are consistent with legislation.
Increases: Mandalong coal mine. Centennial Coal says emission increases at Mandalong and Myuna mines near Wangi Wangi are consistent with legislation.

A FEDERAL emissions reduction regime that has allowed Centennial Coal to dramatically lift carbon and methane emissions from its Myuna and Mandalong coal mines for the second year in a row, without incurring millions of dollars in emission costs, is failing taxpayers and the environment, say critics who have demanded change.

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