Coalition opposes Australia tripling renewable energy, backs nuclear power pledge at Cop28
by Adam Morton in Dubai from Environment | The Guardian on (#6H16H)
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The federal Coalition has declared at the Cop28 climate summit that it will back a global pledge to triple nuclear energy if the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, becomes prime minister, but will not support Australia tripling its renewable energy.
Speaking on the sidelines of the conference in Dubai, the opposition's climate change and energy spokesperson, Ted O'Brien, also said a Coalition government would consider supporting Generation III+ large-scale nuclear reactors, and not just the unproven small modular reactors it has strongly touted.
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