Climate minister Chris Bowen says opponents of climate action have seized on cost-of-living crisis to resume campaign against clean energy transition
The climate change minister, Chris Bowen, will declare trenchant opponents of climate action in Australian politics and the media are using the cost-of-living crisis and soaring energy prices as cover to resume lying about the energy transition.
In the wake of a new Guardian Essential poll that suggests some Australians believe renewables are a significant contributor to higher power prices, Bowen will use a speech in Sydney on Wednesday to argue the current global energy crisis underlines the need for a faster and more orderly transition to renewables, because renewables are the cheapest form of generation.