Morning mail: Taylor to promote fossil fuels, US announces climate package, Melbourne’s new freedoms
Friday: Emissions reduction minister will tell leaders at Cop26 that Australian fossil fuel projects are a sound investment. Plus: what to do with cheap pineapples
Good morning. Angus Taylor is getting ready to spruik Australia’s fossil fuels projects at Cop26 next week, as the Biden administration announces record spending on climate change action. And Melburnians can enjoy new freedoms from later today.
Australia’s emissions reduction minister, Angus Taylor, has declared he will promote Australia as a good place to invest in fossil fuel projects at the Cop26 climate summit in Glasgow. In a provocative statement on Thursday, Taylor confirmed he would attend the first week of the crucial summit and tell the world Australia was a “safe and reliable destination to invest in gas, hydrogen and new energy technologies”. It followed his announcement that the Morrison government had rejected a call to join the US and European countries in a global pledge to cut emissions of methane – a potent greenhouse gas released during gas extraction and transportation – by 30% by 2030. Meanwhile, Mathias Cormann, the former Australian finance minister and Senate leader, is calling for Australia to adopt a carbon price despite spending years in government fighting against the idea.
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