Toxic emissions: how net zero became a ‘poisoned’ policy for the Coalition

<p>Liberal MPs are convinced the commitment will be ‘dead’ after next week’s party meeting, saying populist right’s ‘pathological hatred of the environment’ dashed hopes of compromise</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>By the time Liberal MPs filed out of last Friday’s meeting on energy policy, many had accepted the party’s promise to achieve net zero emissions by 2050 – made under Scott Morrison and retained by Peter Dutton – was all but dead.</p><p>But there was a similar expectation that the party would remain loosely committed to carbon neutrality at some fixed point in time, even if not by mid-century.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/nov/06/net-zero-emissions-coalition-liberal-party-australia">Continue reading...</a>