Coal emission reduction technology still five years off, says CSIRO

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Technology cited by Greg Hunt as way to reduce carbon emissions is still immature and unproven, science body says

CSIRO technology to clean up power stations cited by Greg Hunt as one of the two big things the world can do to immediately reduce greenhouse emissions is at least five years away and still relatively immature and unproven, the CSIRO itself says.

Asked about the findings of the latest synthesis report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which called for immediate and rapid emission reductions and the phasing out of coal-fired power, the environment minister said: Well, what we have to focus on is reducing emissions and the best thing we can do is to actually clean up existing power stations.

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