Carbon capture and storage isn’t working close to a scale that would significantly lower emissions – despite billions in taxpayers’ cash thrown at it
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Scott Morrison’s loving embrace and financial backing of the gas industry has been a defining feature of his prime ministership.
Hit with a historical pandemic, Morrison chose gas – not renewables – to fire an economic recovery.