Nationals send warning to Scott Morrison on net zero emissions target
by Katharine Murphy Political editor from Environment | The Guardian on (#5K5WR)
Keith Pitt, a Queensland National who sits in the cabinet, says such a climate commitment by 2050 would absolutely cause damage' in regional areas
The resources minister, Keith Pitt, has fired a warning shot at Scott Morrison, declaring he cannot adopt a policy of net zero emissions by 2050 without the backing of the Nationals.
Morrison has been trying to telegraph a pivot on climate policy since the election of Joe Biden as the US president, signalling Australia wants to achieve net zero as soon as possible and preferably" by 2050.
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