Morrison Government: Coal Industry and Coal Plants

morrison government: Coal industry urges re-elected Morrison government to build new coal plants Read more Environmental groups that campaigned against the government including the Wilderness Society and the Australian Conservation Foundation were underwhelmed with the results but insist with the election of climate-conscious independents and a worsening climate crisis the problem is not going away for the Coalition, according to The Guardian. Sinodinos, the former industry minister and cabinet secretary, told Sky News the inner-city swings against the government were due to very intense competition between ourselves, Labor and the Greens . There's no doubt that climate change issues probably played a factor in some of those seats, he said. Anticipating a fresh internal battle over energy policy after the Liberal-National party's success in Queensland, the Liberal senator suggested the government should recast itself as the best manager of the grid and take advantage of the falling cost of renewables to ensure greater reliability, lower cost and lower greenhouse gas footprint . Despite the Coalition returning with a narrow majority in the 46th parliament, former prime minister Tony Abbott lost the blue-ribbon seat of Warringah and there were swings against the Liberal party in inner-city Melbourne and Sydney seats. But my point is I think with the energy transition under way there is an opportunity for us to reclaim more ground in that environmental space and not make it seem like it's a binary choice between looking after the environment and the economy . Sinodinos argued the transition is already under way with record investment in renewables leaving the government the challenge of making sure the electricity generation system can accommodate that while maintaining reliability . Sinodinos said the government should do more to be seen to be managing that transition because I think we can have a good story to tell on that and it's a terrific way to reduce our greenhouse gas footprint . Government should not stand in the way of renewables because the cost is falling, but at the same time we need to make sure we have backup and storage he said. This is about how you take advantage of it as an opportunity, not just see it as a cost. This is a transition which is underway, there's no turning back. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.