Paris Agreement
The numbers behind Victoria’s big energy build
Victoria will consume 50 per cent more electricity in 10 years as it transitions away from fossil fuels. Here’s what it needs to add to the grid.
- by Kieran Rooney
Latest
State’s climate future revealed: Success is hot and failure is hotter
NSW climate modelling used by government and councils includes a low-emissions scenario for the first time alongside the more pessimistic forecast.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
Australia’s window for hitting net zero is ‘rapidly closing’
The share of wind, solar and hydropower in the electricity grid needs to more than double by 2030 for the nation to reach its net zero goal, modelling suggests.
- by Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
Opinion
Coal
Coal is cash, but not even activists wanted Glencore to exit its dirty business
Glencore has scrapped plans to spin off its coal business, with an unlikely coalition of investors and activists all opposed to the plan.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Nation’s biggest power plant burns most coal since 2019
The Eraring power station’s coal output has hit a five-year-high, highlighting the difficulties of weaning the grid off the polluting fossil fuel.
- by Nick Toscano
‘It’s good news’: Scientists suspect history about to be made in China
Evidence is mounting that some time over the past few months, China’s greenhouse gas emissions peaked. If so, it is likely that a global decline has begun.
- by Nick O'Malley
Opinion
Energy
Energy policy is becoming Australia’s own Brexit, and proving just as intractable
If the Coalition isn’t making up the policy as it’s going along, then it’s doing a Vegas-level impression of a political outfit that is.
- by Shaun Carney
Tailgates of hell: Aggressive practice endemic and dangerous
I am not sure if it is laziness or incompetence, but NSW Police must start penalising tailgaters for the reckless manner in which they are endangering the community.
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US Votes 2024
How the prospect of Trump 2.0 is emboldening the Coalition on climate change
Donald Trump’s dislike of international climate agreements is well known. But climate scientists fear his return could deal a death blow to any hopes of keeping global warming to manageable levels.
- by Nick O'Malley
Dutton’s climate politics put our children’s future at risk
What appears forgotten in this latest version of Australia’s climate wars is the reason why our planet cannot be allowed to pass 1.5 degrees of warming. At 1.5 degrees we trigger a domino event where a warming planet reinforces further warming that is irreversible.
Opinion
Nuclear energy
Coalition’s nuclear utopia could put renewables on ice
When the opposition leader unveiled his plan to give nuclear power primacy in the nation’s energy mix, certainty for investors in wind, solar and battery assets vaporised.
- by Elizabeth Knight
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