The power struggle over Australia’s dirtiest energy company

Australian tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes has made a multi-billion dollar bid to buy energy company AGL – Australia’s biggest greenhouse gas emitter – and speed up its exit from coal. In response, Prime Minister Scott Morrison and AGL executives have warned this plan could raise electricity prices and cost jobs.

Laura Murphy-Oates speaks to Guardian Australia’s climate and environment editor, Adam Morton about this historic bid and what it says about Australia’s lack of planning for a cleaner future

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(SOURCE) https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2022/feb/24/the-power-struggle-over-australias-dirtiest-energy-company

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