Why the biggest threat to net zero is right-wing misinformation
The social licence of renewables is being attacked by professional and heavily resourced networks with a vested interest in delaying the energy transition.
Without social licence, forget net zero, I write in today's Australian Financial Review. "The government likes to talk about road maps, but what happens when there’s someone intentionally putting pot holes in the road, or worse – digging it up entirely?"
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The Morning Show on Reels
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MAGA-inspired outrage machine has a new target in this election
The fossil fuel lobby is paying millions of dollars to set up anti-renewables “community groups”. In some seats it may shift the dial.
The alarm bell I am ringing in today's @sydmorningherald.bsky.social: social licence on renewables cannot be taken for granted. Incredibly, the anti-renewables movement has outspent the federal Liberal Party account this election on social media ads.
www.smh.com.au/national/mag...
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‘Copied the MAGA model’: The ‘grassroots’ lobby group funded by some of Australia’s richest
The Advance propaganda machine is aimed at ordinary Australians but backed by some of our wealthiest – and has links to a right-wing US foundation.
I've been ringing the alarm bell for the last 2 years, trying to disinfect with sunlight those trying to MAGA-fy Australia. Please read this long-form piece on how bad actors here have - as I'm quoted in the headline saying - "copied the MAGA model" here.
www.smh.com.au/national/cop...
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Vote early and vote often
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Jokes AND politics!!
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Back when there was a US Government to defraud... The good old days
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How have I never seen this before
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