The old men and the CPAC: conservatives regaled with tired tales of climate misinformation | Temperature Check

The Australian conference supposedly devoted to bold action' from the right spent much of its time pouring scorn on any form of climate action

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Climate science is a fraud, according to one speaker; renewable energy has pushed up electricity prices for Australians and the case that carbon dioxide drives global warming is unproven, according to others.

Those were just some of the themes at last weekend's annual conference in Sydney of the Conservative Political Action (CPAC) network - billed as the largest and most prominent conference for conservatives and liberty lovers in Australia".

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