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Policy & Planning

Why Covid-19 may complicate efforts to reduce airline emissions
Airlines may look to backtrack from commitments to cap greenhouse emissions at 2020 levels, as industry is slammed by the impacts of Covid-19.
Michael Mazengarb

Apr 2, 2020

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Coal

Plans to direct climate funds to coal plant upgrades rejected by panel
A powerful emissions integrity committee slaps down coal industry calls for climate funds to be used for coal power station upgrades.
Michael Mazengarb

Mar 24, 2020

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Renewables keep crunching Australia’s electricity emissions – no thanks to federal policy
Latest National Energy Emissions Audits show large-scale renewables generation – increasingly big solar – still driving steady fall in electricity sector emissions, while a thriving rooftop PV market cancels out any increase in grid power consumption. But will the dearth of federal policy take a toll?
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 9, 2020

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Coal

Coal generator virtually given away by NSW to get $11m handout for repairs
Morrison government set to spend $11 million on Vales Point upgrade, but is it unfairly raising community expectations of new coal investments?
Michael Mazengarb

Feb 14, 2020

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Coal

Australia’s least reliable coal generators are the oldest, and the youngest
Victoria’s brown-coal generators account for most outages, but the main grid’s newest coal generator proves to be the least reliable with the most breakdowns.
Michael Mazengarb

Feb 12, 2020

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Policy & Planning

Australian bushfires drive up global emissions as economic costs mount
Australian bushfires to drive global greenhouse gas concentrations to new records, as more than half of Australians report experiencing bushfire impacts.
Michael Mazengarb

Jan 24, 2020

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Press Releases

47 experts urge NSW government to defend NSW law and climate
47 scientists and experts sign open letter urging NSW government not to overrule state laws requiring climate change impacts to be considered in the assessment of new coal mines.
Press Release

Oct 24, 2019

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Governments

Australia Institute says nuclear power ‘uninsurable and uneconomic’ in Australia
Research shows greatest barrier to nuclear power in Australia remains cost, as parliamentary inquiry continues in Canberra.
Michael Mazengarb

Oct 18, 2019

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Governments

Australia’s capital to be first city outside Europe to transition to 100% renewables
ACT to become the first jurisdiction outside Europe to complete the switch from fossil fuel electricity to a grid powered completely by renewables.
Michael Mazengarb

Sep 18, 2019

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Renewables

Wind and solar set new generation records across Australia grid in July
A record July for wind power has helped the combined output of “new renewables” – wind and solar – to reach a new peak for the month.
Sophie Vorrath & Giles Parkinson

Aug 27, 2019

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