The federal government and Greens struck a landmark deal to rewrite the decades-old Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC), creating the country's first independent environmental regulator, tightening protections for forests and land-clearing, limiting fast-track approvals for coal and gas, and setting national standards—marking the biggest environmental reform in decades.
(c) James Wainscoat
(c) James Wainscoat

Australia inicia una reforma ambiental histórica tras años de bloqueo

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El gobierno federal y los Verdes alcanzaron un acuerdo para modificar profundamente la antigua ley Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act (EPBC), creando un regulador ambiental nacional independiente, reforzando la protección de bosques y suelos, limitando aprobaciones rápidas de carbón y gas, e imponiendo estándares nacionales.

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