The Prime Minister’s office is effectively run as a branch of the Minerals Council and other conservative interests, climate denialists to the core.
NEG: An abject failure of principled political leadership
The investment certainty business craves will be non-existent until climate action is accepted as the absolute priority in determining energy policy. But achieving this will require political leadership.
Minerals Council still dangerously wrong on coal and climate
The Minerals Council report on market demand for Australian coal not only defies economic logic, it ignores climate risk and its impact on MCA’s business, and the business of its members.
Climate Change: The fiduciary responsibility of politicians & bureaucrats
After three decades of global inaction, none more so than in Australia, human-induced climate change is now an existential risk to humanity.
Climate and energy – appeasement does not work
The current chaos around climate and energy policy brings to mind George Santayana’s caution that: “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it”. That is exactly what we are witnessing.
Australia’s coal & CSG delusion
The last few weeks have set new standards for national stupidity, as the government dances to the tune of the fossil-fuel industry, and tries to establish as many new coal,VSG, LNG and oil projects as it can before the shutters come down.
Australia ignores risks, shirks moral responsibility on climate
Climate risks are either not understood or wilfully ignored at leadership level in Australia, a profound failure of imagination, and far worse than that which triggered the GFC in 2008.
Ignorant and petulant politicians are leading us to climate disaster
We deserve better leaders. If the incumbency is not prepared to act on Adani, the community need to take matters into their own hands.
Energy security from “clean coal”, CCS & CSG. What could possibly go wrong?
So what could possibly be wrong with Malcolm Turnbull’s sweeping vision of energy security, steeped in coal and gas? Well, pretty much everything.
Enough is enough! Time for honesty on climate and energy policy
Recent weeks have seen unsurpassed dishonesty and irresponsibility from national political leaders on Australian climate and energy policy.
