ARENA announces new funding for industrial emitters as Labor and Greens seek to halt changes that would direct money towards Coalition’s preferred technologies.
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Wind and solar help Australia slash emissions, but no credit to Coalition
Australia’s emissions fell in 2020, due to the pandemic and the ongoing decline of coal, but signs of a post-Covid bounce back are already starting to show.
Australia’s emissions have risen since 2005, apart from land use accounting tricks
New research shows Australia is lagging behind international peers in emissions reductions, despite what the Morrison government may claim.
Taylor files new regulations to push ARENA into CCS and gas projects
Angus Taylor sets new regulations opening up Australian Renewable Energy Agency to support carbon capture and storage, and potentially gas projects.
“It is just prejudice against clean energy:” Bowen slams Coalition hostility to renewables
Chris Bowen says Coalition’s antipathy to renewables is based on prejudice rather than ideology, and raises concerns about solar tax.
Coalition hands gas subsidy to billionaire as UN calls for rapid methane cuts
Morrison government to gift more grants to the gas industry as a new UN report says cutting gas emissions key to limiting global warming.
Hunter Valley businesses say they don’t want Coalition’s gas plant
Morrison government plan to use taxpayer funds to build a new gas plant has been met with a frosty reception by local business and the energy market.
Has the coal lobby got the early drop on key energy market reforms?
As the energy market awaits the Energy Security Board’s proposed reforms, some in the industry believe large incumbent players have received an early drop.
Why is DFAT using US wind farm to promote Australia’s climate efforts?
Morrison government uses footage of a Californian wind and solar project while attempting to promote Australia’s climate efforts.
Taylor requests yet another review of future grid needs, to deal with “intermittents”
The Morrison government instigates yet another inquiry into the energy system, and it has already backed coal and sidelined renewables before it even started.
