The Victorian coalition is promising to legislate an emissions reduction target of 50 percent by 2030 if it wins the November state election. Opposition Leader Matthew Guy on Sunday unveiled the policy, which matches Victorian Labor’s target and is higher than the 43 percent goal set by the federal government.
Victoria’s Labor government has already committed to slashing emissions 50 percent by the end of the decade, but has not legislated the interim target.
Under the coalition’s plan to reach the 2030 target, it has pledged to establish a $1 billion hydrogen strategy, upgrade transmission infrastructure in western Victoria to unlock renewable energy, and set up a “Fixing Victoria’s Grid” taskforce….