"This is a carbon credit trading system. Super complicated — the most open kind of program to being gained by industry."
#auspol #SafeguardMechanism #Australia #climateobstruction #FossilFuelIndustry

Nowhere near enough but like #EPBC reforms… better than bad? #climate #auspol #safeguardmechanism

'No offsets, no excuses': the pursuit of real zero - Michael West Five years ago, companies of all shapes and sizes were setting net zero targets. Reality has since caught up with a number of them, with Climate Integrity director Claire Snyder of the view some had l...

“No offsets, no excuses”
'Real zero' vs #greenwashing and #climatedenial.
#safeguardmechanism
#climateaction
#capturedstate
#fossilcriminals
#auspol
#wapol
michaelwest.com.au/news/no-offs...

#australia #climatecrisis #australiangas #carbonoffsets #aussafeguard #safeguardmechanism #auspol2025

Australia

Climate Action Tracker #Australia 🇦🇺 assessment 11 June 2025.
We are rated ‘insufficient’, still expanding #fossilfuels, reliant on LULUCF accounting for emission reduction, two thirds of #SafeguardMechanism reduction is based on offsets.
climateactiontracker.org/countries/au...

#auspol #governance #SafeguardMechanism

Net zero 2050 but NWShelf gas until 2070 means squillions of ACCUs required. Just as well we have 100% offsets #SafeguardMechanism filled with dodgy HIR ACCUs. Whole thing is a carbon bomb and a fraud to enable it. Serious investigation would bring down this house of cards. @ketanjoshi.co

#safeguardmechanism - scam and subterfuge, or does it actually reduce emissions?
#ecologicalemergency
#climateaction
#auspol
#wapol

Our emissions policy is toothless, counterintuitive and confusing. That's by design Labor's safeguard mechanism is a shockingly deceptive piece of industry greenwashing disguised as climate regulation. It has to go.

Powerful piece on Labor’s Safeguard Mechanism not being fit for purpose in reducing Australia’s industrial climate pollution. By Ketan Joshi
#Ausvotes #Safeguardmechanism
www.crikey.com.au/2025/04/29/e...

There’s a strange breed of “rusted on Labor supporters” in Australia who love Labor for conscious classist reasons, & who live in notionally safe Labor seats & mindlessly back their local Labor candidate despite the betrayal on fossil fuels, #EPBC #EPA #AUKUS #safeguardmechanism #Gaza #closethegap

The intellectual level over at the Government benches is only the least worst.

Labor won’t be wedged on any policy. They are adopting a lot of Liberal policy (#aukus #safeguardmechanism #offset) etc & Labor supports, approves & subsidises fossil fuel extraction, combustion & export. Least worst.

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Labor remain the least worst government but continue to support, approve & subsidise fossil fuel extraction & export.

#nacc #robodebtrc #aukus #awks #environmentprotection #safeguardmechanism #ageban #Gaza #closethegap #politicaldonations #alcohol #gambling #henryreview #gonskireview #garnautreview

It is the ‘robust offset system’ that is the con. You cannot offset new and additional greenhouse gas emissions to atmosphere. The science makes it clear that no new emissions can be permitted. Offsetting is greenwashing and should have been rejected #SafeguardMechanism #auspol

So have we gone from shithouse reform to no reform at all?

#epbc #offsets #safeguardmechanism #climate #fossilfuelsubsidies