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How Australia's coal country past is scuppering its renewable energy future

  • Written by Lee White, Research Fellow, Australian National University
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The crucial climate change summit in Glasgow has just begun, and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is bringing his widely criticised plan for net-zero emissions by 2050 to the negotiating table.

Released last week, the plan promises to deliver deep cuts to Australia’s greenhouse-gas emissions by relying on new technology,...

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