‘Nuclear energy won’t stop cows from burping’: Peter Dutton needs a plan that goes beyond the electricity sector


At least this one wins the most creative headline competition.

It’s true: even if nukes were cheap enough to build (they’re not) and could be delivered in time (they couldn’t) and were safe enough to drop into the middle of regional communities (they aren’t), what about all the other dimensions of the climate emergency?

Australia’s business community, including the coal and gas sector, has urged the Coalition not to scrap Australia’s 2030 emissions targets, fearing it would unleash a wave of investment uncertainty.

THE CONVERSATION

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