emissions reduction Archives - Renew Economy

Policy & Planning

Queensland LNP accused of breaking election emissions vow with coal-keeper plan
Queensland plans to keep its state owned coal generators running longer, clouding the opportunities for new renewables and putting its climate targets at risk.
Rachel Williamson

Sep 10, 2025

2
Policy & Planning

European Commission proposes 90 pct cut to emissions by 2040
The European Commission sends “clear signal to investors” with proposed 90% emissions reduction target for 2040.
Joshua S Hill

Feb 7, 2024

0
Policy & Planning

Greens refer carbon scheme to watchdog after whistleblower labels offsets “fraud to the environment”
Most of Australia’s carbon offset units lack environmental integrity, whistleblower claims, labelling them an “environmental and taxpayer fraud”.
Michael Mazengarb

Mar 24, 2022

0
Renewables

Victoria votes for solar, batteries and climate action, as Labor wins in a landslide
State poll delivers a crushing defeat to Liberal-National Coalition, and a clear endorsement of strong policies on climate change and renewable energy.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 26, 2018

0
Policy & Planning

The climate solution no-one in Davos will be talking about
At Davos, the world’s economic elite will make much of climate crisis and their desire to green global capitalism; but will ignore one of the most powerful tools.
Ian Lefond and Timmons Robers

Jan 23, 2018

5
Policy & Planning

NEG will shift emissions burden on other industry sectors
There is strong potential for domestic offsets to be the marginal source of emissions reductions in the Australian market.
Reputex Carbon

Nov 14, 2017

4
Featured

Victoria steps up climate ambition. Turnbull takes two steps back
In the face of an increasingly divided Turnbull government, Victoria’s Labor government has upped the ante on climate action, pledging to cut state emissions by up to 20 per cent within three years on the road to zero net emissions by 2050.
Sophie Vorrath

Jan 30, 2017

122
Policy & Planning

Emissions task shifting to industry as carbon can kicked further down the road
The Turnbull government’s ruling out of a power sector EIS shifts more of the national abatement task over to industry. Any more policy wind-backs will increase the size of that task.
Hugh Grossman

Jan 30, 2017

4
Hunt attacked from all sides on ‘safeguards mechanism’, digs deeper into denial
Labor calls “peak ineffectiveness” on Direct Action as Greg Hunt denies claims from the right the policy might actually have some bite.
Sophie Vorrath

May 25, 2016

12