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[Australian] Climate backflip ignores expert advice

"Global warming milestone about to be passed and there's no going back"

Dec 7 2016 at 11:00 PM Updated Dec 7 2016 at 11:25 PM

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by Phillip Coorey

The Turnbull government's decision to rule out a carbon scheme for the electricity sector rejects advice from its handpicked expert who will recommend an emissions intensity scheme as the most effective way to transition to a secure and lower-cost energy supply.

Chief Scientist Alan Finkel, who in October was put in charge of the review into Australia's National Energy Market, is scheduled to recommend such a scheme for the electricity sector in a preliminary report to the Prime Minister and premiers at Friday's Council of Australian Governments meeting in Canberra.

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