‘Heat deaths aren’t a thing’: Coalition MPs weighing net zero given sceptical briefing on climate science

Exclusive: Briefing by conservative think-tank Centre for Independent Studies was arranged by a Coalition backbench committeeGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastCoalition MPs weighing up whether to abandon net zero have been briefed on research that argued “heat deaths aren’t a thing”, played down the prospect of substantial sea level rises and claimed “no one has ever made low-cost energy” from wind and solar.Guardian Australia has viewed slides from a presentation the conservative thinktank Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) gave to MPs in Canberra this week, along with the findings of private polling on net zero. Continue reading...

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