Wollongong council stalls on setting emissions target despite global push for action

Kate McIlwain
Updated September 24 2019 - 3:59pm, first published 1:00pm
Disappointed: Wollongong Greens councillor Mithra Cox, pictured at Fairy Creek Lagoon earlier this year. Picture: Anna Warr
Disappointed: Wollongong Greens councillor Mithra Cox, pictured at Fairy Creek Lagoon earlier this year. Picture: Anna Warr

As global leaders met to highlight how the world is falling behind in the race to avert climate disaster, Wollongong councillors elected to take a little more time before setting an emissions target for the city.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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