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Queensland writes clean energy and climate targets into law, but LNP baulks at “risky” renewables
Pressure grows on federal Labor as Queensland passes ambitious 2035 emissions reduction target with bipartisan support. But LNP refuses to agree to renewables targets.
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Australia’s stronger environmental laws just got indefinitely deferred. We have a cart, but no horse
Without reformed environment protection laws, the Safeguard Mechanism – the government’s main plan to drive down emissions from large polluters – won’t work properly.
The world is in an abusive relationship with fossil fuels. Now is the time to leave
The truth of climate change is in the record heat, the flooding, the choking smoke, the red sky burning. Yet the fossil fuel companies tell us we can’t live without them.
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Queensland writes clean energy and climate targets into law, but LNP baulks at “risky” renewables
Pressure grows on federal Labor as Queensland passes ambitious 2035 emissions reduction target with bipartisan support. But LNP refuses to agree to renewables targets.
Australia’s stronger environmental laws just got indefinitely deferred. We have a cart, but no horse
Without reformed environment protection laws, the Safeguard Mechanism – the government’s main plan to drive down emissions from large polluters – won’t work properly.The world is in an abusive relationship with fossil fuels. Now is the time to leave
The truth of climate change is in the record heat, the flooding, the choking smoke, the red sky burning. Yet the fossil fuel companies tell us we can’t live without them.
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