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Emissions
Households, EVs to the rescue as Australia’s emissions cuts stagnate
Greater uptake of electric appliances and vehicles is needed to ensure Australia hits its climate target, but households need financial support to do it.
- by Mike Foley
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Nuclear energy
Cash splash for nuclear towns under Coalition plan
Energy Minister Chris Bowen was invited to speak at a conference, but opposition spokesman Ted O’Brien claims he was blocked from speaking. Here is what he wanted to say.
- by Paul Sakkal and Mike Foley
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
Bowen slams as ‘lie’ Dutton’s claim on energy bills amid cost-of-living fight
The opposition leader says power prices have increased by $1000 under the Albanese government. But Labor says those claims don’t stack up.
- by Mike Foley
‘It’s not an inner-city thing’: Bowen reveals the suburbs leading the charge to EVs
Nearly one in 10 cars sold in Australia in the 12 months to the end of April was an electric vehicle. But Australia still has a long way to go to catch up to the global market.
- by Mike Foley
Big energy investors wary of climate wars, Bowen says
Opposition threats to scrap Australia’s 2030 emissions target and talk up nuclear power have rattled major players behind renewables projects, according to the federal energy minister.
- by Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
Dutton’s nuclear ‘frolic’ a recipe for higher bills and blackout risk: Bowen
Energy Minister Chris Bowen will say Australians can choose “reliable renewables or risky reactors – but not both”.
- by Mike Foley
The dirty secret of Australia’s green energy transition
Renewable energy, storage and transmission lines will get Australia most of the way to banishing coal from the grid. But not the whole way, officials warn.
- by Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
Gas plant building boom to fuel renewable revolution, says energy grid chief
Many new gas power plants will be needed to back up renewables, despite warnings that gas supplies are running out on the East Coast.
- by Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
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Climate policy
How Labor convinced a former Liberal treasurer to take a key climate job
Matt Kean’s appointment to head the Climate Change Authority has outraged federal Liberals and Nationals, who believe one of their own has joined the enemy.
- by David Crowe
Former NSW treasurer Matt Kean to chair climate change body
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Kean, who was also an energy minister for the state’s former Coalition government, was uniquely qualified to lead the independent authority.
- by Olivia Ireland and Mike Foley
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