The climate change minister, Chris Bowen, will declare trenchant opponents of climate action in Australian politics and the media are using the cost-of-living crisis and soaring energy prices as cover to resume lying about the energy transition.
In the wake of a new Guardian Essential poll that suggests some Australians believe renewables are a significant contributor to higher power prices, Bowen will use a speech in Sydney on Wednesday to argue the current global energy crisis underlines the need for a faster and more orderly transition to renewables, because renewables are the cheapest form of generation.
