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Quick Climate Links: Senator Matt Canavan declares net-zero 'dead', but told to 'pull his head in'


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Senator Matt Canavan (pictured) has declared LNP's net-zero by 2050 target as "dead". Subsequently, some of his National Party compatriots have told him to "pull his head in".
You can read about that in this story - "Net-zero ‘dead’: Nationals force climate war eruption in Coalition" and hear his National Party counterpart, Michelle Landry, telling him the pull his head in - "Matt Canavan told to 'pull his head in' by government colleagues over net-zero by 2050 comments".
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