Govt open to advice on 100% renewable target - Shaw

Govt open to advice on 100% renewable target - Shaw
Gavin Evans
By Gavin Evans March 6 (BusinessDesk) - The government may be willing to shift ground on its 2035 renewable electricity target if the Interim Climate Change Committee feels there are better targets to pursue, Climate Change Minister James Shaw says. The committee, established last year to examine ways of delivering the 100 percent renewable electricity target and bring agriculture into the emissions trading scheme, is due to report back to the government in April. In December, committee chair David Prentice said that while the governme...