NewsBite

‘Worst in a decade’: Why the campaign against renewables is thriving

‘Worst in a decade’: Why the campaign against renewables is thriving

After a recent boardroom shake-up, Australia’s top renewables industry group wants to take the fight to its enemies.

Once a climate change critic, former Nine News presenter and 2GB radio host Chris O’Keefe is the Clean Energy Council’s new national spokesman.  Bethany Rae

Ryan CroppEnergy and climate reporter

Subscribe to gift this article

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.

Subscribe now

Already a subscriber?

If progress on the energy transition was a function of the number of industry groups and think tanks advocating for it, Australia would be leading the world.

Alongside the small but loud Smart Energy Council, there’s the Clean Energy Investor Group, the Investor Group on Climate Change and the Australian Renewable Energy Alliance; policy think tanks include the Climate Council and Climateworks, renewable finance specialists Climate Finance Forum and even the bespoke state-based Queensland Renewable Energy Council.

Loading...

Subscribe to gift this article

Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.

Subscribe now

Already a subscriber?

Read More

Ryan CroppEnergy and climate reporterRyan Cropp is an energy and climate reporter at The Australian Financial Review based in the Canberra bureau.

Latest In Energy & climate

Fetching latest articles

Original URL: https://www.afr.com/policy/energy-and-climate/can-the-clean-energy-lobby-get-its-hands-dirty-20250205-p5l9rv