Matt Kean tells clean energy industry to speak out against vested interests ‘undermining the transition’

Former NSW Liberal minister calls on renewables sector to put your mouth where your money is' in first speech as incoming Climate Change Authority chair

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The incoming Climate Change Authority chair Matt Kean has issued a call to arms for the clean energy industry to enter the arena" and push back against vested interests seeking to erode public confidence in renewable energy.

Kean, a former energy minister in New South Wales and Liberal MP for another three weeks, told the Australian Clean Energy Summit 2024 in Sydney the industry had the science and the financial heft to counter the propaganda" of vested fossil fuel interests.

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