The conflict between pro- and anti-renewable forces in Australia has become more dramatic than usual, with the junior Emissions Reduction Minister calling a proposal for an independent climate commission treasonous, and a $35.5 million gas subsidy being allowed to persist by abstaining Labor politicians. The accusation of “subversion and treason” from Assistant Minister Tim Wilson came in tweet form, with the rationale that the proposed commission would be able to overrule parliament. MP Zali Steggall, an independent, proposed the commission alongside a legally-binding zero-emissions target, and called Wilson’s statement “borderline defamatory”. The accusation of illegality calls to mind recent Liberal efforts to direct ARENA funding to CCUS, which is probably illegal if CCUS is not defined as green. As for…