Governments | RenewEconomy

Three councils in Sydney's eastern suburbs – Waverley, Woollahra and Randwick – join forces to install kerbside EV charging stations.

China Governments Renewables Solar Storage

Whyalla goes greener with $145m solar greenhouse, as Gupta effect grows

Sophie Vorrath11 December 201811 December 2018

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In a "big reveal" alongside GFG Alliance's Sanjeev Gupta, Whyalla City Council announces China-backed deal to build 70 hectare solar powered intensive horticulture facility.

Climate Governments

Anger, protests as Australia supports US fossil fuels event at UN climate talks

E.A Crunden11 December 201811 December 2018

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Australia joins US to promote fossil fuels at UN climate conference - just days after remaining silent as US, Saudi Arabia, Russia, and Kuwait refused to acknowledge a key...

Australian Federal Government Governments People Tony Abbott

Forget “Big Sticks”, more competition will lower electricity prices

Dean Harris10 December 2018

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Tony Abbott, my opponent for the seat of Warringah at the next federal election, thinks building new coal fired power stations will reduce power prices. He is sadly mistaken.

CleanTech Bites Climate Governments

Fossil nations sideline science at Katowice, even as emissions rise and warming accelerates

David Spratt10 December 201811 December 2018

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In a deadly diplomatic strike, big oil and gas nations took a key scientific report out of the Katowice text, replacing it with an ambiguous formulation that merely notes...

Australian Federal Government Climate Governments Markets News & Commentary

Labor “safeguard mechanism 2.0” likely to be short, but cheaper than EU ETS

Reputex10 December 201810 December 2018

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A scaled up ALP baseline-and-credit scheme for industry is modelled to be short from day one, with domestic offsets the marginal source of emissions reductions.

Governments Markets NSW Government Other Good Stuff

NSW is on cusp of energy crisis, yet no-one seems to care

David Leitch7 December 20187 December 2018

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NSW is dependent on imports, its power stations are going to close, there is next to no transmission capacity to build more power and not much policy. Yet no...

Climate Governments News & Commentary Renewables Western Australian Government

WA backflips, reveals plan to develop new state climate policy

Sophie Vorrath6 December 2018

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Just weeks after saying it wouldn't, McGowan government reveals plans to release a new, explanded and upgraded climate policy over the next 12 months.