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Federal Minister for Planning and Transport Christopher Pyne says the Australian government must take "serious steps" to cut emissions, particularly at state levels.
Key points: Australian Climate Council urges states to tackle climate change
New analysis shows coal would have to replace coal plants at full capacity
Coal and gas combined make up 40 percent of electricity for the average Australian household, according to data
The report released in Canberra today, The Climate Compact, highlights how Australia is already the world's second-largest polluter and how coal will likely have to replace other fossil fuels to achieve a 50 percent carbon reduction by 2020, compared with 2005 levels.
Mr Pyne told the ABC the federal government must now take action, starting by boosting renewable energy investments and looking at the coal, gas and nuclear industries.
"We need to get serious about coal and the technology for coal-fired power stations to reduce our carbon emissions," he said.
"We don't have the capacity to do it on our own."
He said an analysis by the Commonwealth of Australian Governments found that coal combined with natural gas and nuclear together make up 40 percent of all Australian electricity, putting it far ahead of the US, China, Canada and Mexico.
"We also have enormous oil and gas reserves in those locations... but we need to increase our fossil fuel use.
"If the Commonwealth is serious about doing anything about the global warming, then it's up to states to do more to reduce carbon emissions than what's been suggested at the moment."
Labor's environment spokesman Mark Butler says the state and territory governments are already taking steps, but Mr Pyne says the federal government needs to start moving faster.
"It's time for state governments to move up their energy sector, to the Australian Energy Market Operator and for the Minister's office to take serious action.
"I think they must be taking action because we do have some very serious gaps to fill."
Key points: Federal Environment Minister Bill Shorten says coal would have to replace coal plant at full capacity by 2020
Mr Shorten urges state governments to adopt new approaches to reduce emissions
New analysis finds it would take at least four coal plants a day to meet the same goal
Labor's climate spokesman Mark Butler says the state and territory governments are already taking steps
The Greens MP John Kaye said it was time for states to move fast on energy development.
"This report shows the states are doing it and it's time the federal government took real action to reduce emissions from coal," he told the ABC.
"In our last budget, the Coalition government was promising coal fired power stations would not be built becaus
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Govts urged to improve professional indemnity cover for doctors
New York State's Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has called on state health agencies to improve professional indemnity cover for doctors if they want their claims to be heard in the state Supreme Court.
New York State has been in the midst of its longest legal battle over health insurance since the ACA went into effect in 2014.
The State Health Department recently received an unusual batch of complaints, many of which were from doctors who were being sued to settle lawsuits over their medical care but were not being paid up.
Schneiderman said it's a problem of "a magnitude that we cannot handle," especially given that the state already has a high state debt.
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