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Canberra Times: Coronavirus: Doctors urge government to lock-in COVID-19 emission reductions

As emissions plunge to their lowest levels in 30 years as a result of COVID-19, and the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reductions Angus Taylor pushes for the Clean Energy Finance Corporation to fund new gas projects, Dr George Crisp warns gas is not a transition fuel- rather it’s no better than coal in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Dr Crisp urges the federal government to place evidence-based solutions that address climate change at the core of Australia’s pandemic economic recovery.

Read the news story which was published in the Canberra Times on 1 September 2020.