Net-zero plan 'wildly overinflated' how much carbon nation's soil can hold

Jamieson Murphy
October 28 2021 - 5:30pm
DATA NEEDED: Prime Minister Scott Morrison has resisted calls to release the modelling, as experts begin to pick holes in the plan's assumptions . Photo: Elesa Kurtz
DATA NEEDED: Prime Minister Scott Morrison has resisted calls to release the modelling, as experts begin to pick holes in the plan's assumptions . Photo: Elesa Kurtz

THE government is under pressure to release the modelling that underpins its 2050 net-zero plan, as experts claim the plan "wildly overinflated" the amount of carbon that can be sequestered through agricultural soil and on-farm plantings.

Jamieson Murphy

Jamieson Murphy

News director

Newcastle Herald news director. Interested in any and all yarns. Whisper g'day mate to me at jamieson.murphy@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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