In the Australia today Federal Labour Energy Minister Chris Bowen facing nuclear ambush:
Chris Bowen is facing a nuclear ambush at the UN climate change conference, with Labor’s renewables-only vision isolating Australia as an international outlier as the US and key allies charge ahead with zero-emissions nuclear reactor technologies.
Ahead of flying to Dubai next week for the COP28 summit, the Energy Minister on Thursday defended his plan for taxpayers to underwrite 32GW in new renewables generation to help Labor achieve its 82 per cent renewables by 2030 target.
As Mr Bowen rails against nuclear energy as being too expensive while keeping secret the costs of guaranteeing renewables projects, the US, Britain and other key allies are leading a push to triple the amount of installed nuclear power capacity globally by 2050.
https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/allies-say-it-is-nuclear-for-takeoff-in-climate-ambush/news-story/36e75ac0c30c2c8fd264377358057069
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