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‘Extreme risk’: Carbon watchdog mismanaged conflicts, ‘intimidated’ scientists
Hundreds of pages of previously confidential material reveal the regulator responsible for managing billions of dollars in taxpayer funds, as well as millions of carbon offsets, has serious governance issues.
- by Charlotte Grieve and Simone Fox Koob
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Should Australia house a giant vacuum cleaner to suck carbon from the sky?
Removing carbon from the atmosphere to save us from climate change is a controversial notion, but faith is growing in some new technologies.
- by Nick O'Malley
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Climate policy
The accounting trick at the heart of the world’s climate goals
On paper we can offset our way to net zero. In the real world, we cannot.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
How Rupert Murdoch’s son-in-law solved crisis at family farm
Alasdair MacLeod was regularly escaping to the country with his young family when he realised something was going horribly wrong there – and needed a radical solution.
- by Catherine Naylor
Opinion
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We can’t escape a carbon tax, which is good news, not bad
In their own polite way, Professor Ross Garnaut and Rod Sims this week spoke out against the blatant self-interest of our fossil fuel industry.
- by Ross Gittins
Why John Howard intervened to kill the emissions trading scheme his cabinet wanted
Cabinet documents reveal the Howard government went close to supporting a carbon price in 2003. They also show why it was killed off.
- by Shane Wright
Reduce carbon footprint if you want cheap finance: NAB
Australia’s largest business lender has said it is inevitable banks will charge higher interest rates for businesses that aren’t reducing their emissions.
- by Sumeyya Ilanbey
Opinion
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The European tax that could alter global trade flows
Europe’s new Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism, which will tax the carbon intensity of imports, went live on Sunday.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Top emitters not funding net zero plans, warns Climate Action 100+
Australia’s top carbon emitting companies are making progress towards transitioning to net zero emissions, but failing to back up their decarbonisation plans.
- by Simon Johanson
Insurer walks away from Adani’s Carmichael coal mine
But the company says Lloyd’s of London’s exit will not leave it “beleaguered” and that operations are “running like clockwork”.
- by Simon Johanson
BHP punts on unproven tech to cut emissions
Australia’s largest miner has warned its carbon emissions will rise in the short term as it seeks to reach its 2050 net zero emissions ambition.
- by Simon Johanson
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