So the Free Market galaxy brains of the coalition didn't just guarantee Rio Tinto a rock-bottom price on our cleanest electricity (thereby making it harder and more expensive to decarbonise the rest of the grid), they gifted them a whole bunch of carbon credits that had been taken away for really good reasons.
We pay double for this level of corruption. The bills will come due when we fail to meet our Paris commitments.
https://newsroom.co.nz/2024/08/02/smelter-sought-assurances-about-46m-carbon-subsidy-before-signing-power-deals/
Phil Stevens /
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