Arthur Sinodinos urges Liberals to use renewables to boost environmental credentials

Senator says party should ‘take advantage’ of falling cost of renewables to ensure ‘greater reliability, lower cost and lower greenhouse gas footprint’

Arthur Sinodinos has warned that the Liberal party should not stand in the way of renewables, suggesting the government should use a changing energy market to bolster its environmental credentials.

Anticipating a fresh internal battle over energy policy after the Liberal-National party’s success in Queensland, the Liberal senator suggested the government should recast itself as the best manager of the grid and “take advantage” of the falling cost of renewables to ensure “greater reliability, lower cost and lower greenhouse gas footprint”.

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