Greens bill being introduced to Victorian parliament would ban all new gas connections from 2025
Greens bill would scrap the existing requirements for residential developments to connect to the gas network ‘where available’.Greens bill would scrap the existing requirements for residential developments to connect to the gas network ‘where available’.Last modified on Mon 20 Jun 2022 18.31 BST
The party’s leader, Samantha Ratnam, will introduce the Planning and Environment Amendment Bill 2022 in the upper house on Tuesday as part of the Greens platform ahead of the November state election. Gas is usually described as having about half the emissions of coal when burned, though studies have found its impact on the climate is greater than this once methane leaks during extraction and transport are factored in.Victoria is the country’s largest consumer of gas, with more than 2m homes using it for heating, hot water and cooking. Burning gas produces about 16% of the state’s total emissions, with residential users responsible for almost two-thirds of those emissions.
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