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

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". Other Quick Climate Links for today are: "Council election 2022: Liberal Democrats in Monmouthshire"; "Replacing NSW coal plant with renewables would create thousands more jobs than gas, report says"; "Will the Biden administration let one company kill US solar?"; "Thousand a day displaced by climate change, but they aren’t protected like refugees: Expert"; "1.5 vs 2C: What difference can a lousy half a degree of global warming make?"; "AusNet proposes first industry led, 10GW renewable zone in Victoria"; "New survey finds most Australians want climate action from government, and are likely to vote for it"; "‘Last meaningful opportunity’: Federal election firing up young climate activists"; "Matt Canavan declares net zero by 2050 is ‘all over bar the shouting’ after PM tries to quell divisions"; "Election 2022: Government's commitment to 2050 climate change target questioned"; "Too many new coal-fired plants planned for 1.5C climate goal, report concludes"; "Australia has little credibility left in the Pacific"; "Estimating Volume Changes for Floodplain Harvesting in New South Wales, Australia"; "Energy Crises in the Time of Covid: Precarious Fossil Infrastructures"; "Scott Morrison is setting up another fake fight on a carbon ‘tax’"; "Victoria’s solar rebate expansion will help wean state off gas, say experts"; "Nature-based solutions, and how countries like Singapore and The Netherlands are using them to fight floods"; "Here’s one way to burn less fossil fuel – use human energy to heat buildings instead"; "Climate divisions reopen as Coalition Senator says net-zero commitment ‘all over’"; "4 ways we can change our behaviour to adapt to the climate crisis"; "A year of hunger: how the Russia-Ukraine war is worsening climate-linked food shortages"; "What next? The world is at a crossroad"; "Eggheads want European producers to manage their e-waste universally"; "Ukraine Live Updates: War’s Effects Widen as Russia Vows More Reprisals"; "Grounded, and loving it. Can giving up air travel bring joy?"; "Farming push to delay eco-friendly subsidies risks net-zero target – report"; "Labor edges closer to Coalition on coal in bid to woo Hunter Valley, Queensland voters"; "California’s Terranova Ranch is getting ready for large electric farm equipment"; "How Biden Can Help the Climate on Earth Day—Without Congress"; "Climate change is upping hurricane rainfall totals"; "Rural electric co-ops face barriers to going renewable"; "Coalition climate policy forced big polluters to pay $15m for carbon credits in past year"; "Ratings agency says Morrison climate policies “obscure, unclear and confusing”: "One in five reptile species globally are under the threat of extinction"; "Reaching the Paris Agreement without protecting Indigenous lands is “impossible”, says report"; "Labor’s climate plan would have ‘little financial impact’ on coal: Grattan"; "Coalition climate policy forced big polluters to pay $15m for carbon credits in past year"; "Now it’s the Coalition’s turn to walk both sides of the street on climate"; "What is Labor’s Safeguard Mechanism plan? Is it a ‘sneaky carbon tax’ or a sensible way to cut emissions?"; "Russia cuts gas to Poland and Bulgaria as West mounts new arms push"; "Hunter $182m 'super hydrogen hub' unveiled"; "Business waiting for detail on Labor climate plan"; "There’s No Scenario in Which 2050 Is ‘Normal’"; "Scott Morrison’s carbon tax attack fizzles in net-zero world"; "Amid net-zero infighting, Australia is on track for the world’s biggest increase in cyclone victims"; "View from The Hill: Warring within Coalition over 2050 target brings some gold dust for ‘teals’"; "Net zero by 2050 will hit a major timing problem technology can’t solve. We need to talk about cutting consumption"; "A crash course in Doug Ford’s love-hate relationship with electric vehicles"; "In Ontario’s York Region, council just voted to allow development on 1,400 acres of Greenbelt farmland". Enjoy "Music for a Warming World". Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/climateconversations