This Month
The key to Middle East peace
Readers’ letters on a two-state solution in the Middle East, Albanese’s lack of meetings with Trump, efficient courts, gender quotas in the Liberal Party, CBA’s relationship with NPS and Australia’s fuel security.
June
Labor must seal the cracks in Australia’s carbon credits market
Given the loss of confidence in use of offsets by large emitters, the government should hasten the review of its emissions pricing policy scheme.
BHP and Rio’s hopes for carbon millions dashed by sceptical officials
The country’s two biggest miners wanted approval to generate lucrative credits for storing carbon in mineral waste and producing diesel from trees.
Henry tells Chalmers to stop ‘fiddling’ and launch into tax reform
The Albanese government could raise a $50 billion tax on fossil fuel exports and up the GST to lower company and income taxes, the former Treasury head argues.
Bad carbon credits are undermining climate progress
One thing both the left and right ought to be able to agree upon is that an effective market for high quality carbon credits is important.
May
Before you trash carbon offsets, ask who pays for conservation
If private land-based funding isn’t going to come from taxpayers, then we should be striving to grow markets that support genuine conservation efforts.
Hong Kong tycoon snares carbon project in outback WA
Billionaire Li Ka-Shing’s CK Group has taken over an area it describes as “three times the size of Hong Kong” to dedicate to regenerative agriculture.
Landfill carbon offset companies face stricter rules
The credits, which are earned by companies that burn the methane emitted by garbage waste to produce electricity, account for around a quarter of offsets purchased under the government’s safeguard mechanism.
Not as relaxed about super tax as Professor Stewart
AFR readers’ views on Miranda Stewart’s opinion of the super tax, confiscating unrealised gains, and Sydney’s data centre ban.
April
Pilot Energy to raise capital amid offshore approach
Street Talk understands the ASX-listed company, which has been suspended from the bourse since December, will on Monday launch a $5 million capital raising.
March
US giant quits NT cattle station amid carbon confusion
Uncertainty and delays in the release of new rules for carbon projects spur Hartree, indirectly owned by US global funds giant Brookfield, to sell
February
How to fly green without the carbon offset ‘accounting trick’
Does ticking the carbon offset box and paying loose change to plant a few trees really make a difference?
December 2024
Rio Tinto says carbon price pain justifies action on emissions
Carbon pricing schemes in Australia and Quebec mean almost half of Rio’s emissions are subject to penalty and would soon cost $940 million per year if not tackled.
November 2024
Taxing fossil fuels better than Future Made in Australia, Ken Henry says
The proposal backs a similar fossil fuel export tax on commodities such as coal and gas put forward by former Hawke Labor government advisers Ross Garnaut and Rod Sims.
October 2024
Why every investor should be thinking about carbon pricing
If we integrate the financial costs of greenhouse gas emissions into our investment decisions, we can figure out what opportunities this opens up for making money.
Why hydrogen is better than batteries for long-distance trucks
H2X is focusing the rollout of its hydrogen-powered trucks on Europe and Scandinavia where incentives and refuelling are better.
Fortescue mulls whether to take $50m carbon free-kick
Andrew Forrest’s disdain for carbon offsets is clouding the company’s willingness to seize on a lucrative windfall under Australia’s new carbon credit scheme.
September 2024
Carbon broker CORE Markets eyes $25m raise for Asia push
The effort, assisted by Rennie Advisory, is well under way, with roadshows and management presentations in train since July.
Farmer co-op shops $51m raising to energy players
Regen has raised $500,000 through crowdfunding efforts and $5 million in government and foundation grants, but this effort represents the group’s biggest push to date.
Soil carbon capture surges as AI drives down costs
Artificial intelligence can reduce barriers to implementing soil carbon projects as ag tech creates new opportunities.