Coalition MP Colin Boyce told climate science deniers blackouts a ‘big political opportunity’
by Ben Smee Queensland state correspondent from on (#6WMQX)
Boyce tells Climate and Energy Realists Queensland that opposition to renewables is growing and fellow MPs should adopt a do nothing strategy'
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Coalition MP Colin Boyce told a group of climate science deniers that blackouts were a big political opportunity" and that he had urged fellow MPs to adopt a do nothing strategy" that would allow power outages and build opposition to net-zero policies.
A video of Boyce, posted on YouTube, speaking to the Climate and Energy Realists Queensland group, includes comments by the Flynn MP that net-zero climate policies need a rethink".
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