Another prime minister, another endorsement for coal – but why?

Since John Howard, all Australian prime ministers have faced major challenges regarding the gap between Australia’s role as a major exporter of coal and its fluctuating ambitions to help tackle climate change.

Turnbull has now shown himself to be no exception, with yesterday’s comments about coal being important for decades to come marking a retreat from his previous rhetoric of policy change. Perhaps this is unsurprising, given how bloody the past few years of Australian climate policy have been.

Read what a PhD Candidate from the Sustainable Consumption Institute at the University of Manchester,  Marc Hudson, said on The Conversation -  “Another prime minister, another endorsement for coal – but why?”