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Australia Should Reduce Energy Intensity 30% by 2020, Study Says
2010-10-08 02:33:30.656 GMT
By John Viljoen
Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Australia should target a 30 percent
improvement in energy intensity by 2020, according to a
government report released today by Prime Minister Julia
Gillard's Task Group on Energy Efficiency.
The study reinforces the government's climate change
strategy and the need for a price on carbon, Gillard said in a
statement.
The report notes that "by far the most important element
in a vision of a step change in Australia's energy efficiency
improvement is the presence of an explicit price on carbon,"
according to the statement.
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