Dutton's Distract, Delay, and Destruct

In June Opposition Leader Peter Dutton criticised the government’s ‘expensive all-eggs-in-one-basket “renewables-only” policy’, claiming the best way to lower emissions was for renewables to work with nuclear power. In a press release, Dutton claimed ‘zero-emission nuclear power plants produce no air pollution or carbon emissions’. Matt Golding suggests that the effects of nuclear power on the renewable energy industry might be more destructive than Dutton claims.