The sheer scale of emissions from the expansion, and projects linked, to it will make achieving 2030 emission targets much harder for Western Australia and by extension, Australia and the world.
Bill Hare, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and Ursula Fuentes, Murdoch University
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