Controversial Coalition appointment resigns from board overseeing carbon credit scheme labeled 'mistake'
The sudden and major reshuffle of the committee that oversees Australia’s emission reductions has led to the departure of three members, including the chair of the committee, paving the way for Labor to re-form the pivotal committee. Key points: Three Coalition appointments to ERAC have been withdrawn The ABC has confirmed two of the three asked to resign ERAC determines which activities are considered a legitimate way to generate carbon credits A government spokesman has confirmed three members of the Clean Energy Regulatory (ERAC) Emissions Reduction Assurance Committee (ERAC) – all controversially appointed by the Coalition – have resigned. The revelations follow a series of ABC reports exposing allegations that valuable carbon credits were being given to businesses for emission reductions that never happened, as well as former committee chairman Andrew Macintosh blowing the whistle on what he called a “mistake”. Economist Brian Fisher, former mining lobbyist David Byers, and cement