The validity of charges against 14 Queensland activists facing the possibility of jail for a climate protest inside the state parliament has been questioned in court, as the case was adjourned on Monday.
In a testy exchange in Parliament, CEO Richard Kruger ducked key questions about pollution rules and the oil and gas industry’s role in climate misinformation.
Business groups are urging the Australian federal government to broker a deal and get its key climate policy through parliament, while warning it not to concede too much to the Greens in the process.
Alessandro Modiano resigned three months into a new far-right government and it is unclear if he will be replaced as climate envoy or if the position will be scrapped.
Parliament's debate about climate policy seems stuck in the past. And that is sparing the Liberal government the burden of answering big questions about whether Canada is prepared for what's coming.
