Climate
Angus Taylor Australian Federal Government CleanTech Bites Climate Coal Governments People
Angus Taylor’s secret consultation on emissions cuts stacked towards big emitters
Taylor's secret review of emissions policy has heavily skewed its consultation towards Australia's biggest emitters and the fossil fuel lobby.
China Climate Coal Governments Markets
China – a few policy makers carry a heavy burden, but coal phase out is possible
Climate change is placing a heavy burden on China's policy-makers, but they have a potential roadmap to phase out coal and help cap warming at around 1.5°C.
Vestas promises to deliver "zero waste" wind turbines by 2040, with a particular focus on turbine blades which are currently made by non-recyclable composite materials.
Climate Electric Vehicles Governments NSW Government Other Good Stuff
NSW flags imminent release of EV strategy, as feds ignore electric in auto transition report
New plan to encourage NSW drivers to adopt electric vehicles to be released soon by the NSW Liberal government, while federal Coalition ignores EVs in new auto industry report.
Solar monitoring company Solar Analytics has found that rooftop PV systems in Sydney and Canberra saw PV output plummet by 15 – 45% on heavy smoke haze days.
Climate Renewables
Microsoft pledges to go ‘climate negative’, and remove 45-years of company emissions
Microsoft pledges to go 'carbon negative', investing $1 billion to research tech to remove company's historical greenhouse gas emissions from atmosphere.
CleanTech Bites Climate Governments Renewables Solar Wind
Australia wind and solar investment plunges as Coalition turns blind eye to transition
Investment in large scale renewables in Australia slumped 60% in 2019 as Coalition turned a blind eye to needs of the clean energy transition.
ACT Government Climate Governments Renewables
Canberra households reject gas as ACT moves to end mandatory connections
ACT Government to end mandatory roll-out of gas infrastructure to new houses, as households begin dramatic shift away from the fossil fuel.
Climate Governments
Greens in Austria secure zero carbon target in unlikely alliance with right wing populists
Austrian Greens secure one of Europe's strongest climate policies through deal with country's right wing populist party, but at what cost?
Australian Federal Government CleanTech Bites Climate Governments Renewables Solar Wind
Investors slam hard-line stance by rule-maker that could stop wind and solar projects
Group of 25 wind and solar investors slam AEMC for its position on marginal loss factors, saying it has produced no detailed modelling and its decision could halt new...
