NSW Labor pledges state-owned renewable energy company to power three million...
Environment groups hail Michael Daley’s promise a ‘game-changer’ that would slash state’s carbon emissions by 12% A New South Wales Labor government would establish a state-owned renewable energy...
View ArticleIowa operatives say ethanol worship is now as corny as The West Wing
Support for the biofuel and its economic impact used to be key in the caucus state. Then Ted Cruz opposed it and won For decades, supporting ethanol was considered the price of admission for the Iowa...
View ArticleGlencore pressured to withdraw from new coalmines to prove climate change...
Australia’s largest coal producer says decision to cap production doesn’t mean it intends to drop greenfield coal projects Green groups say Australia’s biggest coal producer Glencore should commit to...
View ArticleSnowy Hydro 2.0 poles and wires to be managed by states, Scott Morrison says
NSW and Victoria will have ‘particular responsibilities’ for transmission infrastructure, PM says without detailing costScott Morrison has delivered a public message that expensive transmission...
View ArticleBurning issue: are waste-to-energy plants a good idea?
Victoria’s first waste-to-energy project is going ahead but these projects threaten recycling and could pose health concerns It’s the controversial scheme that’s attracting attention across the nation...
View ArticleChinese dam project in Guinea could kill up to 1,500 chimpanzees
Planned Koukoutamba dam to be built in reserve established to protect chimps from miningUp to 1,500 chimpanzees could be killed by a new Chinese dam that will swamp a crucial sanctuary for the...
View ArticleCoalition launches push for hydrogen power in energy policy reboot
Morrison government engages chief scientist to develop roadmap for potential $1.7bn export industry The Morrison government will on Friday open public consultations on a national hydrogen strategy,...
View ArticleGovernment throws its weight behind offshore wind power expansion
Deal with wind sector aims to produce one third of UK’s electricity needs by 2030The government will throw its weight behind an expansion in the use of offshore wind power in the hope the renewable...
View Article'Forget night footy': Michael McCormack warns against Labor's renewables target
Nationals leader talks tough on energy in face of demoralised party room, saying he stands for affordable power The deputy prime minister, Michael McCormack, has suggested renewable energy will...
View ArticleClimate change poses risk to Australia's financial stability, warns RBA...
Guy Debelle urges policymakers and business to address global warming as a trend rather than a temporary weather cycle A deputy governor of Australia’s central bank has issued a stark warning that...
View ArticleCoal baron and LNP donor blasts RBA for sounding alarm on climate change
Trevor St Baker says deputy governor’s speech warning of risks to Australia’s economy is ‘totally inappropriate’The coal baron and Liberal National party donor Trevor St Baker has blasted the Reserve...
View ArticleEnergy analysts forecast 'the end of coal' in Asia as Japanese investors back...
Australia’s largest export customer for thermal coal is scrapping plans to build power plantsMajor Japanese investors, including those most indebted to coal, are seeking to back large-scale renewables...
View ArticleTottenham Hotspur station is a bad idea | Brief letters
White Hart Lane | A hug that said it all | Car-free rambles | Solar power | Breakup songs | Brexit BrelI’m a long-term Tottenham resident and lifelong Spurs fan living just a few minutes’ walk from the...
View ArticleToyota's Altona site to become hydrogen production and refuelling centre
Carmaker to join with renewable energy agency to create $7.5m centre for commercial-grade hydrogenToyota and the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (Arena) will kick in $7.4m to transform part of the...
View ArticleHere's why Australia needs to keep subsidising renewables | Richard Denniss
The idea that ‘the markets’ make all the big decisions about our society has eaten away our democracyConservatives love subsidies because they know that they work. It’s why they spend $11bn subsidising...
View Article'Coal is on the way out': study finds fossil fuel now pricier than solar or wind
Around 75% of coal production is more expensive than renewables, with industry out-competed on cost by 2025Around three-quarters of US coal production is now more expensive than solar and wind energy...
View ArticleBeto O'Rourke: just how green is the Texas Democrat?
The 2020 presidential challenger has praised the Green New Deal but his relationship with the fossil fuel industry has come under scrutinyIt was not hard for Beto O’Rourke to seem like a champion of...
View ArticleRenewables produced more energy than brown coal and gas over summer
Report finds rise in solar and wind generation almost eclipsed capacity lost when Hazelwood power station closedGrowth in wind and solar energy over the past two years has almost entirely replaced the...
View ArticleWhat better replacement for dirty Hazelwood than a windfarm? | Simon Holmes à...
A plan to generate enough wind power for 200,000 homes hints at a coal valley’s clean energy futureAt exactly 5pm on 29 March 2017, Unit 1 of the Hazelwood station reported the last energy generation...
View ArticleJapan to oppose new or expanded coal-fired power plants in blow to Australian...
Australia’s top export market for thermal coal gives further signs of dramatic energy pivot to renewablesJapan’s environment minister has announced he will “in principle” oppose any new plans to build...
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