US climate pressure on Australia and allies aims to ramp up pressure on China, ambassador says

Arthur Sinodinos declares Australia has the potential to be an 'alternative energy superpower' as Scott Morrison continues efforts to land new policyFollow our Covid live blog for the latest updatesThe Biden administration has encouraged Scott Morrison and other allies to commit to stronger action on the climate crisis to ratchet up pressure on China to do its part, according to Arthur Sinodinos, Australia's ambassador to the US.As Morrison continues efforts to land a new climate policy ahead of the Cop26 summit in Glasgow, Sinodinos declared on Tuesday Australia had the potential to be "an alternative energy superpower" and he said investors were looking for certainty.Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading...