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Climate change minister says ‘climate deniers have won’ after Liberals dump net zero targets

Chris Bowen, the federal minister for climate change, said “the climate deniers have won” after the Liberal party decided to dump its net zero by 2050 target yesterday.

What we saw yesterday was a blaming of contradictory, internally inconsistent statements and claims, all an alibi to avoid action on the greatest environmental challenge and economic opportunity of our time. …

I wish the Liberal party was engaged in better economics and better discussions about the pathway to net zero, but they’ve chosen to declare themselves completely irrelevant to the main issues that are so important for Australia’s future.

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Source: www.theguardian.com

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