Gas industry and Coalition reach for a get-out-of-catastrophe-free card in climate crisis Monopoly | Temperature Check

Carbon capture and storage isn't working close to a scale that would significantly lower emissions - despite billions in taxpayers' cash thrown at it

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Scott Morrison's loving embrace and financial backing of the gas industry has been a defining feature of his prime ministership.

Hit with a historical pandemic, Morrison chose gas - not renewables - to fire an economic recovery.