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Michael Mazengarb is a journalist with RenewEconomy, based in Sydney. Before joining RenewEconomy, Michael worked in the renewable energy sector for more than a decade.
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No green new deal for Australia as Coalition tightens embrace of fossil fuels
Short-term thinking of the Morrison Government is on full display, as it props up the fossil fuel sector while long-term benefits of green stimulus are ignored.
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Taylor to loosen Australia’s lax fuel standards to support oil sector
Angus Taylor announces plans to loosen Australia's already lax fuel standards in bid to help out oil industry hit by tumbling prices.
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Buy more oil – Taylor’s response to help global energy markets face pandemic
Angus Taylor tells meeting of global energy ministers that Australia will buy more oil to help arrest price falls, but there is no mention of clean energy alternatives.
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Environment department begins purging website of historical emissions data, projections
Australian emissions data goes missing as historical data and projections scrubbed from the environment department's website.
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COAG focuses on COVID-19 response, slashes agenda on reform
COAG Energy Council to focus on the immediate response to Coronavirus, as energy ministers work to ensure Australia maintains secure energy supplies.
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Queensland energy minister “deeply concerned” over Coalition plans for new coal generator
Queensland energy minister details concerns over potential negative consequences of a new, unneeded, coal-fired power station in Queensland.
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Taylor shifts focus to coal hydrogen and CCS in “technology roadmap”
Angus Taylor seeks to replicate expensive brown-coal to hydrogen project as Morrison government shuts the door on support for wind and solar.
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Australia already has a net zero emissions target, only the Morrison government denies it
Taylor claims Paris Agreement does not require Australia to decarbonise, as Morrison government is increasingly isolated in opposing net zero goals.
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Australia’s emissions flat, but climate politics hit new low over zero carbon target
New government data show Australia's emissions flat, as Angus Taylor argues emissions are falling if you ignore the sectors where they went up.
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Victoria left in the dark over potential bilateral energy deal with Angus Taylor
Victoria has been left in the dark over any potential deal with the federal government on energy, hasn't heard from Angus Taylor for months.
