Joel Fitzgibbon blames ‘ideological craziness’ after Labor blocks carbon capture investment

Greens and Labor orchestrated upset Senate victory to prevent Arena from investing in carbon capture and storage

Joel Fitzgibbon has blasted an upset victory in the Senate orchestrated by the Greens and Labor preventing the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Arena) from investing in carbon capture and storage as ideological craziness".

Labor, the Greens and crossbench senators combined on Tuesday night to disallow a controversial instrument written by the energy minister, Angus Taylor, that would have allowed Arena to invest in a broader range of technologies, including some used to abate fossil fuels.