Yesterday
Coalition to target native forests in attack on Labor’s green laws
Liberal leader Sussan Ley is heading the Coalition charge as it tries to exploit grievances about Labor’s forestry deal with the Greens.
This Month
Real-world tests make it harder for car makers to meet emissions rules
A SUV by Chinese car maker Chery and Toyota’s popular Camry hybrid showed the biggest gap between lab testing and real-world results.
Net zero aviation fuel shouldn’t take off
There are cheaper and less environmentally damaging ways to decarbonise jet travel.
Santos wins in record credits for carbon capture
Santos’ flagship carbon capture project in South Australia is setting records one year into operation, but CEO Kevin Gallagher wants the government to do more.
October
Brookfield, Powerco to pay $1.8b for NZ energy distributor Clarus
The sale process benefited from a dramatic change in the New Zealand government’s approach to fossil fuels.
September
The government has a tough climate policy task
Readers’ letters on the need for social licence for climate policy, energy security, Trump’s paracetamol claims, Albanese in New York and Nvidia’s AI deals.
Forestry deal boosts green fuel start-up’s $1.8b project
HAMR Energy plans to develop a $1.8 billion facility at Portland on Victoria’s west coast to power aviation and shipping.
Australia ‘should be the main supplier’ of coal as demand grows
The coal miner’s chief executive Rob Bishop urged the government to set “sensible” climate targets for 2035.
‘$1b for a ship tunnel’: Is Norway too rich for its own good?
Norwegians fear their wealth is making them lazy and complacent. Value for money was a key campaign issue in the rich Nordic country’s just-held election.
August
Ampol calls for changes to refinery support after profits dive
Losses at the Lytton oil refinery in Brisbane dragged down first-half profit and contributed to a one-third cut in the interim dividend.
The $1.1b fuel bet that could change the way you fill up
A few months after introducing a new strategy to investors, Ampol is going all-in with a $1.1 billion deal.
Could an EV road-user charge pave the way for more tax reform?
Maybe committing to modernising how we pay to use roads might whet the appetite for other taxation reforms that need to be discussed at next week’s summit.
Airbus warns Australia is ‘sleepwalking into fuel crisis’
Australia imports more than a quarter of its liquid fuels from China. Global aviation giant Airbus says it can make it locally – and sustainably.
July
Petrol pass-the-parcel: Woolworths curse too much for EG
Fifteen years ago, the supermarkets and offshore oil giants dominated Australian fuel sales. A succession of $1 billion-plus deals has changed things dramatically.
Sustainable fuel hopeful HAMR Energy revs up with funding round
HAMR Energy has launched its Series A funding round, hitting up high-net-worth individuals, venture capitalists and strategic investors.
June
Grid operator warns coal shutdowns could prolong blackouts
Australia’s energy market operator says the green transition is making it more difficult to manage power outages.
Future gas reservation won’t get us over ‘valley of death’: energy CEO
EnergyQuest chief executive Rick Wilkinson said a prospective change to reserves was “unlikely to solve the problem” of Australia’s east coast gas shortage.
May
Westpac shifts climate targets and eases path for more lending to gas
The bank, which lends to Woodside Energy, will change lending rules even as it demands better energy transition plan disclosures from borrowers.
Labor poised to approve controversial NW Shelf gas project
The Albanese government has made its strongest signal yet that it will give the nod to Woodside’s long-delayed development.
April
‘No hope’: Shock coal plant extensions to drag on 2030 climate targets
The Crisafulli government’s plans to wind back the state’s climate goals are likely to put Australia’s Paris targets further out of reach.