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Policy & Planning

Can Malcolm Turnbull do climate and energy policy now?
The re-elected Coalition government has the opportunity to revamp its policies on climate change, but will Malcolm Turnbull have the appetite and internal authority to tackle the challenge?
Frank Jotzo

Jul 14, 2016

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Policy & Planning

Our political parties have a climate policy credibility gap
A gap is opening between climate policies and the views held by the Australian community and business.
John Connor

Jun 22, 2016

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Climate and clean energy: Australian policy’s trauma zone
It’s been a case of one step forward, two steps back, for Australia’s climate policy in recent times. It’s up to the next parliament to get things moving.
Paul Burke

Jun 21, 2016

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RET must be boosted and extended beyond 2020, says CEC
Clean Energy Council blueprint to decarbonise Australia’s energy sector says government will need to increase the renewable energy target and extend it beyond 2020.
Sophie Vorrath

May 2, 2016

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What does state leadership on global warming look like?
Victoria has the opportunity to eliminate its greenhouse pollution, create thousands of jobs, and export climate solutions to the world.
Mark Wakeham

Apr 13, 2016

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The tax that shall not be named
Australia’s climate change policy is a shambles. It is the only country ever to have repealed a carbon tax, the issue was key to the felling of two Prime Ministers, and the renewables industry is the subject of a sustained vendetta. That is why the Grattan Institute’s new proposal is potentially such a game-changer.
Hamish McKenzie

Apr 13, 2016

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U.S. coal production dropped to 30-year low in 2015
Coal production in the U.S. has dropped to its lowest level in 30 years thanks in part to low natural gas prices and climate policies.
Bobby Magill

Jan 11, 2016

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Abbott’s Green Army beats a retreat under Turnbull’s command
In Malcolm Turnbull’s latest effort to distance his government from the climate policies of his predecessor, Tony Abbott’s Green Army has been slashed.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 16, 2015

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South Australia details $10 billion low-carbon investment plan
SA Premier Jay Weatherill has outlined four key strategies to achieve his government’s low-carbon investment target of $10bn by 2030.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 1, 2015

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Australia needs a fresh start on climate policy: CCA
Australia needs to ‘reset’ its climate policy discussion, the government’s advisory body on climate policy has said in its latest report.
James Whitmore

Dec 1, 2015

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South Australia commits to zero net emissions by 2050
SA Premier Jay Weatherill has adopted recommendations of an expert panel, setting a 2050 target of zero net emissions for the state.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 25, 2015

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Sending the right signals: How Paris deal can close emissions gap
The national climate plans (INDCs) that countries have submitted so far in the run-up to COP 21 in Paris would short fall of what’s required.
World Resources Institute

Oct 26, 2015

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