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Taylor flies out of Madrid, leaving Kyoto carryover battle unresolved
Angus Taylor bids Madrid adios, leaving diplomats to fight for Australia's Kyoto accounting dodge, and as PM Morrison tells more untruths.
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Snowy 2.0 will reduce greenhouse gas emissions in Australia: truth or lie?
Snowy Hydro has claimed that its massive “Snowy 2.0” pumped hydro scheme will reduce emissions by storing renewable electricity. Is this correct?
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Australia’s biggest steel city targets net zero emissions by 2050
Wollongong, the NSW home to Australia's biggest steelworks, has committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2050, with a view to reducing that timeline to 2030.
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Swedish youth climate activist Greta Thunberg hits out at Australia’s quest for climate loopholes
Thunberg slams countries, like Australia, for using the COP25 climate talks to push for accounting loopholes instead of raising their climate ambition.
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The missing pieces from AEMO’s big energy transition plan
If the grid valued environmental outcomes there wouldn't need to be so many different scenarios in AEMO's Integrated System Plan.
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AEMO maps out path to 90 per cent renewables for Australia by 2040
Australia will need at least 30GW of new wind and solar capacity to replace expected coal generator retirements, over the next two decades, and up to 47GW in the...
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No legal or moral basis for Australia’s Kyoto accounting fudge, new analysis shows
New analysis raises questions over legitimacy of Australia's 'Kyoto carryover' plans, with ClimateAnalytics challenging its legal and moral justifications.
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Coalition’s zero for climate policy is well earned. All it’s done is cook the books
Australia's zero for climate policy is well earned, because even its own projections show little in the way of real emission reductions from the Coalition government.
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Taylor avoids mention of bushfires as Australia given a zero for climate policy
International think tank gives Australia a zero for national climate policy as Taylor avoids mentioning the bushfires in his address to COP25 in Madrid.
The second half of 2019 has seen a healthy improvement in prices in Victoria and NSW energy efficiency markets, despite a shock expansion in one state.
