Australia: Oil and gas industry’s climate principles support a cleaner energy future - APPEA
12 Feb 2021
Australia’s oil and gas industry has reaffirmed its commitment to playing a key role in a cleaner energy future, both in Australia and globally, with
APPEA’s new
Australia’s Cleaner Energy Future, which incorporates the principles, outlines industry’s consistent position on climate change. The policy principles highlight how the sector is committed to meeting emissions reduction targets consistent with the objectives of the Paris Agreement, while maintaining affordable, secure energy supplies to consumers and industries that provide jobs and economic growth.
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Oil and gas industry’s climate principles support a cleaner energy future
Australia’s oil and gas industry has reaffirmed its commitment to playing a key role in a cleaner energy future, both in Australia and globally, with APPEA releasing the third edition of its climate change policy principles today.
APPEA’s new Australia’s Cleaner Energy Future, which incorporates the principles, outlines industry’s consistent position on climate change. The policy principles highlight how the sector is committed to meeting emissions reduction targets consistent with the objectives of the Paris Agreement, while maintaining affordable, secure energy supplies to consumers and industries that provide jobs and economic growth.
The Nats lose touch with their âwonderful peopleâ - the farmers whoâll be our climate saviours
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The Nats lose touch with their âwonderful peopleâ - the farmers whoâll be our climate saviours
John HewsonColumnist and former Liberal opposition leader
February 10, 2021 â 6.43pm
February 10, 2021 â 6.43pm
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The National Party is ignorant, misleading and divisive on climate change â and, to its peril, woefully out of touch with its constituency, the âwonderful peopleâ, as leader Michael McCormack calls them. He means the farmers, many of whom would be hurt by the Nationalsâ attempt to exclude agriculture from any commitment â still only a âpreferenceâ for Prime Minister Scott Morrison â to achieve net zero emissions by 2050.