The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) tops the rankings in a new clean transport report released by the Climate Council.
While ACT won the Clean All Rounder award for its performance on several markers of progress, New South Wales came second in the rankings and was crowned Public Transport Powerhouse based on its impressive usage of public transport. Tasmania with the Emissions Slasher Award, and Victoria with the People Powered Award, jointly took third place in the scorecard.
According to the report, the transport sector accounts for 18.7 percent of Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions – the third highest source of emissions, behind only electricity and stationary energy. Not surprisingly, road transport accounts for the bulk of transport emissions, with cars and light commercial vehicles alone making up 62 percent of this pollution. With…