We may be underestimating just how bad carbon-belching SUVs are for the climate – and for our health

  • Written by: Robin Smit, Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney

Australia’s love for fuel-hungry and fuel-inefficient SUVs is hampering our ability to bring transport emissions down. SUVs make up half of all new car sales last year, a National Transport Commission report revealed this week – up from a quarter of all sales a decade ago.

As a result, the carbon emitted by all new cars sold in...

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