Australian Senator Sparks Climate Row by Dismissing Net Zero Aim

  • Rogue lawmaker calls net zero climate policy ‘sort of dead’
  • Climate change looms as major issue in May 21 election
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The Australian government has been forced to deny it’s abandoning a commitment to net zero carbon emissions by 2050, after a rogue lawmaker said the climate action target was “sort of dead.”