Carbon market industry rebukes claims Australia's emissions reduction fund is a 'fraud'

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The carbon market industry has refuted claims that Australia's emissions reduction fund is a 'fraud', labelling them an attack on a wide range of participants:

The carbon market industry has refuted claims that Australia's emissions reduction fund is a"fraud", labelling them an attack on a wide range of participants.Source:Attacks on the integrity of Australia's carbon market put the framework at risk when climate action needs to accelerate, an industry association says.

The research found three-quarters of the credits issued are for avoiding deforestation in western NSW, human-induced regeneration of native forests and the combustion of methane from landfills. "Governance systems of separation of power and firewalls should be and are regularly reviewed and should avoid perceptions and reality of conflict of interests," he said.

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Back the science, not the craven.

If I'm not meant to trust big coal or big fossil fuel for reasons xyz, why would I not also apply reasons xyz to big lithium battery, big eco ngo's and carbon farmers? Everyone is full of shit

Why wouldn't they? Best get their noses into the trough while they still can. Let's forget the scheme is bogus, a scam and discredited by someone who was close to the whole thing and now a whistleblower. A system with no checks and balances and about to throw 25bn at LNP cronies

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