‘Heat deaths aren’t a thing’: Coalition MPs weighing net zero given presentation casting doubt on climate science

By Dan Jervis-Bardy · The Guardian World

Exclusive: Briefing by conservative think-tank Centre for Independent Studies was arranged by a Coalition backbench committee Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Coalition MPs weighing up whether to abandon net zero have been briefed on research that argued “heat deaths aren’t a thing”, played down the prospect of substantial sea level rises and claimed “no one has ever made low-cost energy” from wind and solar. Guardian Australia has viewed slides from a presentation the conservative thinktank Centre for Independent Studies (CIS) gave to MPs in Canberra this week, along with the findings of private polling on net zero. Continue reading...