BOB Brown has challenged a key assumption of the carbon pricing package he negotiated with Julia Gillard, declaring "the jury is out" on whether switching from coal to gas for electricity will deliver the emissions savings the government's greenhouse modelling assumes.
The Greens leader yesterday stood by comments from his deputy, Christine Milne, who on Tuesday questioned the emissions reduction qualities of coal-seam gas. "The presumption that the damage done by gas is half that done by coal is under very serious questioning," Senator Brown said. Read More
The Australian
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