Auspol Archives - Page 3 of 6 - Renew Economy

Victorian Government

Victoria’s climate agenda: will Andrews Government deliver on its promise?
Victoria needs to find new mechanisms to accelerate renewable energy investment and remove some of its most polluting coal generation.
Mark Wakeham

Feb 3, 2016

0
Australia can meet its Kyoto target – but “real emissions” will not fall to -5% by 2020
While we will officially meet our Kyoto target, Australian emissions will not fall to -5 per cent on 2000 levels by 2020.
Hugh Grossman

Nov 25, 2015

2
There is one thing the Coalition can do for climate change that Labor cannot
Strangely, the one government that can move to depoliticise climate is the Coalition.
David Holmes

Oct 1, 2015

2
Australia government must reconsider climate approach
Government remains neither conservative nor Liberal. It underplays risk, undermines market mechanisms and distorts policy analysis. It is time to reconsider.
John Connor

Feb 2, 2015

2
A fossil fuel free world should be front and centre in 2015
Lima talks did not go far enough to engender confidence for an ambitious global pact in Paris, but it has pulled negotiations back from the brink of collapse.
Christine Milne

Dec 23, 2014

3
Mining companies get a free ride on fuel excise deal
Government’s plan to reintroduce indexation of fuel taxes fails on equity because it will hit households, but give free ride to some of Australia’s most profitable companies.
Tristan Knowles

Nov 12, 2014

13
How climate deniers delivered for Maurice Newman
Maurice Newman justified his anti-climate stance by citing an ABC poll that was trolled by Australia’s climate denial community. It’s quite comical.
Ketan Joshi

Nov 7, 2014

94
Policy & Planning

Don’t trust Bureau of Meteorology, says Abbott’s business advisor
Tony Abbott’s main business advisor wants an investigation into Bureau of Meteorology, accusing it of being caught up in global warming politics.
Sam Parkinson

Oct 1, 2014

40
NSW, SA to suffer most from cuts to Renewable Energy Target
Reducing the RET is a step back from a clean energy economy that rewards coal and gas power companies at the expense of households and small business.
The Climate Institute

Sep 2, 2014

2
Warburton says energy market modeling as bad as climate modeling
After months of denying a bias against renewables and climate science, RET Review head Dick Warburton says globe not warming, developing renewables pointless.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 2, 2014

13
Renewable Energy Target cut would hit budget: modelling
Reducing the RET would cost the federal budget about $680 million more to meet Australia’s target of 5% emissions reduction by 2020.
Michelle Grattan

Aug 18, 2014

0
What does a real 20 per cent renewables market share look like?
Modelling by ACIL Allen for the RET Review Panel has estimated the Mandatory RET, to achieve a 20 per cent renewables market share by 2020 to be 25,500 GWh.
Ric Brazzale

Aug 6, 2014

1