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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.
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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.
Big batteries will undercut gas, but it’s hydro that might lose market share first
More wind means lower prices, but it is battery storage that will replace expensive generation such as gas.
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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.Big batteries will undercut gas, but it’s hydro that might lose market share first
More wind means lower prices, but it is battery storage that will replace expensive generation such as gas.
Australia can achieve close to 100 pct renewables with today’s technologies: Are we up for the challenge?
Australia can achieve close to 100% renewables with the technologies of today. The challenge is how to fill the gap.
Nuclear power in Australia is a really bad idea. The ban ensures that is all it is
You can’t prevent people from having bad ideas. But sometimes, a piece of legislation can prevent bad ideas from taking up large amounts of money and time.
PM’s Made in Australia plan could compel Big 4 banks to unlock $400 billion in sustainable finance
PM’s Made in Australia plan could crowd-in private climate capital from the massive super pool and the Big 4 banks.
Coalition nuclear plan would force consumers to wait 20 years longer for 30% higher electricity bills
Wind and solar, coupled with batteries and pumped hydro deliver the lowest cost transition. Nuclear would be slower and vastly more expensive, modelling shows.
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