Gas developers are fighting a new front from climate activists who are turning to sophisticated legal and regulatory diligence to stall or topple projects, even those with government backing.
It is a national tragedy the election debate got sidetracked with nuclear when the high cost of energy was replaced by slogans saying renewables are cheap, which was simply not true.
Keith Tuffley has spent two decades combining his passion for the environment with investment banking. ‘Are we handing across an economy, an environment and a planet which means that our kids will be poorer?’
The update comes after Climate 200 backed teal challenger Nicolette Boele won the Sydney seat by a mere 26 votes.
The loss-making renewable energy company developed by the high-profile economist is precariously placed after its trading position was damaged by a wind drought.
A “decade of inaction” on climate pollution has cost Australians $1.2bn in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Alfred, experts say.
One of Australia’s biggest coal power stations is set to stay open for four more years, in an extraordinary reversal for the state Labor government’s renewable energy-only blueprint.
US tech supremos have aligned themselves with the US president. Mike Cannon-Brookes, the climate activist with a private jet and an F1 partnership, says he’s steadfast.
An Aussie billionaire and ardent climate change campaigner has just bought a private jet, but says he feels a ‘deep internal conflict’ about it.
LA will host the next Olympics coming after fires devastated the city that prompted a host of Games legends to call for drastic change.
A rich-lister believes at least 23 out of the 35 candidates backed by his Climate 200 group have a “very good” chance of winning at the federal election.
The decision means further delays to a project already behind schedule, but Snowy Hydro can ill-afford to lose the support of its 700-strong workforce.
Kevin Gallagher is the latest energy industry executive to urge Australia to follow the US lead and embrace the comparative advantage of abundant gas reserves.
Labor will fall well short of a pledge to reach 82 per cent renewables by 2030, even under a best-case scenario, according to new modelling.
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