{"id":983916,"date":"2021-11-08T08:29:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T13:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=983916"},"modified":"2021-11-08T08:29:07","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T13:29:07","slug":"australia-rejects-cop26-climate-summit-demand-to-stop-selling-coal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/australia-rejects-cop26-climate-summit-demand-to-stop-selling-coal\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia Rejects COP26 Climate Summit Demand to Stop Selling Coal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Faustralia-rejects-cop26-climate-summit-demand-to-stop-selling-coal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=983916&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/australia-mines-coal-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Australia has no intention of ending the sale of coal and intends to continue doing so for \u201cdecades into the future,\u201d the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow learned Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The decision by Canberra to back coal mining operations came after more than 40 countries pledged to eliminate use of the commodity within decades and the United Nations continues the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2020\/11\/15\/u-n-chief-guterres-demands-end-to-coal-fired-power-in-a-reset-world\/\"> push<\/a> as part of its call to&nbsp;embrace green alternatives in a post-coronavirus reset world.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison made clear his intentions a little over two years ago when he slammed calls from radical climate activists to ditch coal \u2013 an industry worth $67billion a year to Australia\u2019s economy.<\/p>\n<p>As Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/environment\/2019\/12\/27\/aussie-pm-scott-morrison-defies-reckless-climate-protesters-backs-coal-exports-as-global-demand-soars\/\">reported<\/a>, strong demand from China and India for this electricity-generating commodity is driving the growth, as also seen in the U.S. commodity market.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.0309278350515\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Coal miners fight back! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/EQiEh93ncu\">https:\/\/t.co\/EQiEh93ncu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1420590018763137024?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The prime minister wants to maintain its economic edge by staying a key exporter and protecting the jobs of Australians who rely on the coal mining industry for their future and their financial security.<\/p>\n<p>Morrison,&nbsp;who once once famously brandished a lump of coal in parliament, crying, \u201cThis is coal \u2013 don\u2019t be afraid!\u201d has vowed climate protesters \u2013 including Greta Thunberg&nbsp; \u2013 would not be dictating energy or trade policy.<\/p>\n<p>Australian Minister for Resources Keith Pitt <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/radionational\/programs\/breakfast\/keith-pitt-australia-cop26-coal-emissions-methane\/13620966\">reiterated<\/a>&nbsp;that push for coal in an interview for the national broadcaster ABC on Monday when he said, \u201cWe have said very clearly we are not closing coal mines and we are not closing coal-fired power stations,\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Defending Australia\u2019s decision, Pitt said Australia had some of the world\u2019s highest quality coal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd that is why we will continue to have markets for decades into the future. And if they\u2019re buying\u2026 well, we are selling.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Demand for coal is expected to rise until 2030, the conservative coalition minister added, even as globalist agencies like the U.N. demand an end to the building of new coal-fired power stations.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.3870967741935\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The world must stop building new coal power plants and instead embrace green alternatives in a post-coronavirus reset world, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kpaXCBthFx\">https:\/\/t.co\/kpaXCBthFx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart News (@BreitbartNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/1328328291988742147?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 16, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cIf we aren\u2019t to win that market, somebody else will,\u201d Pitt added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would much rather it be Australia\u2019s high-quality product, delivering Australian jobs and building Australia\u2019s economy than coming from Indonesia or Russia or elsewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pitt said some 300,000 Australians\u2019 jobs were reliant on the coal sector. The Minerals Council of Australia itself says the coal industry directly employs 50,000 workers while supporting another 120,000 jobs.<\/p>\n<p><em>AFP contributed to this story<\/em><\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia has no intention of ending the sale of coal and intends to continue doing so for \u201cdecades into the future,\u201d the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow learned Monday. 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