Australian Senate backs 43% greenhouse gas reduction by 2030


              FILE - This photo shows Liddell Power Station, left, and Bayswater Power Station, right, coal-powered thermal power stations near Muswellbrook in the Hunter Valley, Australia on Nov. 2, 2021. Australia's Senate has voted, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, to ensure the government's elevated target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 43% below 2005 levels by the end of the decade is enshrined in law. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)
            
              FILE - A sign of electric car charging space is seen at a beachside car park in Sydney, Australia on July 26, 2022. Australia's Senate has voted, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, to ensure the government's elevated target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 43% below 2005 levels by the end of the decade is enshrined in law. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)
            
              An electric car gets charged at a supermarket carpark in Sydney, Australia on Nov. 9, 2021. Australia's Senate has voted, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, to ensure the government's elevated target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 43% below 2005 levels by the end of the decade is enshrined in law. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)
            
              FILE - Electric car charger is pictured at a beachside car park in Sydney, Australia on July 26, 2022. Australia's Senate has voted, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, to ensure the government's elevated target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 43% below 2005 levels by the end of the decade is enshrined in law. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)
            
              FILE - The Liddell Power Station, left, and Bayswater Power Station, coal-powered thermal power station are pictured near Muswellbrook in the Hunter Valley, Australia on Nov. 2, 2021. Australia's Senate has voted, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, to ensure the government's elevated target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 43% below 2005 levels by the end of the decade is enshrined in law. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)
Australian Senate backs 43% greenhouse gas reduction by 2030