Category: Net Zero by 2050

DEFRA’s Net Zero Policies Contributing to Fruit & Vegetable Shortages, Warn British Farmers

February 27, 2023
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British farmers are warning that recent shortages of fresh fruit and vegetables in Britain’s supermarkets are partly due to the government’s environmental protection department pursuing net zero policies. In recent days, major British supermarkets have limited the sale of tomatoes and some other fresh produce after a combination of bad weather and transport problems in…

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The Never Never of Climate Change

September 19, 2022
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Commentary On Sept. 8, the Australian Parliament passed legislation to cut carbon emissions by 43 percent below 2005 levels by 2030, and to achieve net-zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050. The legislation, adopted with the support of the Greens and “Teal” independents, is one of the signature laws of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. “The passage…

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A Soft Landing for the Australian Economy?

June 23, 2022
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Commentary The economic news of the last couple of weeks in Australia is bleak at best and demoralising at worst. The skyrocketing prices of energy, meat, vegetables, and petrol have led to big increases in the cost of living. Vegetables have increased by 6.1 percent, and beef and veal have increased by 8.1 percent. Petrol…

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All Future Coal, Gas, Oil Jobs Will Be Lost for Australia to Achieve Net Zero by 2050: Report

April 24, 2022
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For Australia to achieve net zero by 2050, all coal, gas, and oil projects currently in the construction pipeline would need to be cancelled, according to a landmark report by the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA). “This research reveals that a policy of net zero emissions by 2050 will inflict significant and irreparable economic and…

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Coming to Terms With the Labyrinthine World of Climate Change

December 6, 2021
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Commentary As the Glasgow Conference of Parties (COP26)—countries that signed the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) in 1994—fades into history, it is timely to assess the success, or lack of it, of this intergovernmental summit. Delegates at the Glasgow summit reviewed the progress made by 196 countries that embraced the legally binding…

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‘No Chance’ of Net Zero by 2050: Oil Exec Chris Wright Weighs in on COP26

November 10, 2021
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Chris Wright, CEO of the frac firm Liberty Oilfield Services, dislikes the term “climate denier.” The label is both pejorative and, in Wright’s case, inaccurate. “Climate change is a real thing,” Wright told The Epoch Times in a conversation at the National Conservatism Conference II. “Humans have increased greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.” Much of…

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The Australian Federal Government’s Net-Zero Betrayal

October 15, 2021
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Commentary With the Liberal-National Coalition government about to officially sign onto a 2050 net-zero emissions target, many Australians are wondering what the point of the 2019 election was. At the so-called “climate election,” the Coalition proposed maintaining their existing policy of a 26 percent reduction on 2005 levels by 2030. Labor proposed more significant reductions…

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