{"id":2171,"date":"2019-04-04T23:11:24","date_gmt":"2019-04-04T23:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=2171"},"modified":"2019-04-04T23:11:24","modified_gmt":"2019-04-04T23:11:24","slug":"labors-embarrassing-vehicle-emissions-backflip-shows-their-electric-vehicle-and-emissions-standards-policies-were-written-on-the-run-say-the-greens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/04\/04\/labors-embarrassing-vehicle-emissions-backflip-shows-their-electric-vehicle-and-emissions-standards-policies-were-written-on-the-run-say-the-greens\/","title":{"rendered":"Labor\u2019s embarrassing vehicle emissions backflip shows their electric vehicle and emissions standards policies were written on the run, say the Greens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Labor\u2019s backflip on forcing car dealers rather than manufacturers to reduce vehicle emissions shows their policy was written on the run, say the Greens.<br \/>\n\u201cPutting the onus on car dealers rather than manufacturers was clearly unworkable and just demonstrates that Labor has cooked up this dog\u2019s breakfast of a policy on the run,\u201d said Senator Janet Rice, Australian Greens transport spokesperson.<br \/>\n\u201cEvery other country in the world with emissions standards regulates this through manufacturers, not dealers. This is also what the experts, including the Climate Change Authority, have always recommended.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cSo far this week Labor has announced a weak 50% by 2030 EV target, but with no mechanisms or policies to achieve it. They also announced a light vehicle emissions standard, but wouldn\u2019t commit to an implementation schedule. And now this backflip.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s becoming crystal clear that Labor\u2019s electric vehicle and emissions standards policies are just announcements without any substance. There are no timelines for implementation or measures to achieve the targets. The whole thing looks to have been written down on the back of a serviette to dump the day before the budget.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/icm-tracking.meltwater.com\/link.php?DynEngagement=true&amp;H=btYXC68syxmDVppbhVzFoYHdeMNV9070xvOlf%2FNdDQ0wXj6aidRhm0fxAg0551jqxyCt7Z5Z3xbDmSl8elUDWQg4%2BFB7Ol3TZHtyd4gPGBLOkhQCYFvKl%2BxTayhTgLZa&amp;G=0&amp;R=https%3A%2F%2Fgreens.org.au%2Fsites%2Fdefault%2Ffiles%2F2018-12%2FGreens%25202019%2520Policy%2520Platform%2520-%2520Electric%2520Vehicles.pdf&amp;I=20190404015635.000000e26a8a%40mail6-114-ussnn1&amp;X=MHwxMDQ2NzU4OjVjYTU2NDRmMTBjMDM3OTY2N2VlYTFmMTs%3D&amp;S=J2QIigX65yoJpvuGpZKhnIxmGET8GSvI5NKcrdPMIz4\">The Greens have a 100% by 2030 electric vehicle target<\/a>, backed up by a range of measures that will actually work, measures that are already driving huge electric vehicle uptake in other countries like Norway and the Netherlands.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Labor\u2019s backflip on forcing car dealers rather than manufacturers to reduce vehicle emissions shows their policy was written on the run, say the Greens. \u201cPutting the onus on car dealers rather than manufacturers was clearly unworkable and just demonstrates that Labor has cooked up this dog\u2019s breakfast of a policy on the run,\u201d said Senator &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2019\/04\/04\/labors-embarrassing-vehicle-emissions-backflip-shows-their-electric-vehicle-and-emissions-standards-policies-were-written-on-the-run-say-the-greens\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Labor\u2019s embarrassing vehicle emissions backflip shows their electric vehicle and emissions standards policies were written on the run, say the Greens&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2171"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2171\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}