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ACT lays out conditions for NEG – and it won’t please Coalition party room
ACT lays out conditions for approval of the controversial policy platform, and they won't please the climate deniers in the Coalition party room.
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Butler lambasts “pathetic” emissions target, “silly” pursuit of coal
Labor's Mark Butler has lambasts "pathetic" emissions target in National Energy Guarantee and "silly" pursuit of coal, as Greens and Victoria warn of no approval for NEG at CoAG...
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NEG worse than thought – penalising rooftop solar and large scale projects
ESB modelling is false and misleading, claiming credit for projects already in pipeline. The latest NEG outline also penalises rooftop solar and large scale solar, does crazy things with...
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Australia at 19% renewables – NEG 2030 target to be reached in 2021
Australia is already at 19 per cent renewables as at June, and could reach 43 per cent renewables by 2030, just with the state targets in Queensland and Victoria,...
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Windlab urges “choose no NEG” if emissions target unchanged
Windlab CEO says renewables industry better of with no National Energy Guarantee at all, than with a NEG hobbled by 26% emissions reduction target.
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Coalition climate deniers play havoc again with energy
You'd think they'd be grateful: Malcolm Turnbull and Josh Frydenberg went to the effort of designing a climate and energy policy that does nothing, and Tony Abbott and friends...
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Labor’s Butler on why right wingers see EVs as leftist conspiracy
An increasingly change-averse political right wing is driving transport to the front line of Australia's climate wars. Labor's Mark Butler on why it's time for Australia to embrace EV...
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Australian banks double down on global fossil fuel expansion
Just when you thought Australia’s banks had reached the nadir, new data shows ‘Big Four’ lending to fossil fuel projects spiked by 50% last year.
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ACT to change law to drop gas and pave way for all-electric suburbs
ACT takes next step in trial of gas-free suburban living, with a proposed repeal of planning laws that have made gas connection mandatory to all new housing divisions in...
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ACT brings forward zero emissions target to 2045
ACT government brings forward its zero emissions target to 2045, turning its focus to transport and gas, and laying down the gauntlet for other states and the federal government...