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‘Fork in the road’: How a failed nuclear plot locked in Australia’s renewable future

Australians have voted for something that will outlive the next election: the guaranteed switch from coal to renewable energy.

  • Nick Toscano

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An electric automobile charging during a tour from Seattle to Mount Rainier in 1919.

Electric cars died a century ago. Could that happen again?

Battery-operated vehicles were a mainstay on American roads - until politicians put their thumbs on the scale, and came down on the side of the oil industry, and petrol-powered cars.

  • Ivan Penn
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Hundreds more public EV chargers are bound for NSW. Here is where you’ll find them

The NSW government will install 246 fast-charging ports for electric vehicles at 38 locations across Sydney and regional areas.

  • Megan Gorrey
The High Court decision over electric vehicle road user charges will be delivered today.

We talk a big game on electric cars, but Australia is stuck in reverse

Australia is viewed as a nation of early technology adopters, but on EVs, it looks increasingly like momentum has stalled.

  • Elizabeth Knight
EnergyAustralia’s Yallourn Power Station in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley.

EnergyAustralia apologises over offsets after greenwashing lawsuit

EnergyAustralia apologises and ditches offsets after a greenwashing lawsuit exposed its Go Neutral claims as misleading to consumers.

  • Bianca Hall
Flood-affected areas the prime minister flew over near Longreach, Queensland, on Saturday morning.

The electorates most exposed to climate risk revealed

One in 23 properties in Australia are at high risk of natural disasters fuelled by global warming. In some electorates, it’s one in four. Check the risk where you live with our interactive maps.

  • Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Peter Dutton spruiking his fuel excise policy on Thursday.

‘Copied from America’: Dutton launches election fight over EVs

The opposition leader has been accused of copying Donald Trump’s policies as the government responds to his pledge to scrap fuel-efficiency fines.

  • Mike Foley
Electriv vehicle charging station.

Is this stopping you from buying an electric vehicle?

Australians aren’t buying enough electric vehicles – and there are a couple of reasons for that.

  • Sumeyya Ilanbey
Qantas flies away from its legal fight with regulator.

Net zero mandates could make airfares too expensive for most: Qantas boss

The higher costs of clean fuel could push up airfares and make flying “something for the privileged,” Vanessa Hudson says.

  • Christopher Jasper
F1 environmental impact

How Formula 1 is trying to cut its carbon emissions, on and off the track

Less than 1 per cent of F1’s total carbon footprint comes from the cars on track. What will it take to make the sport more environmentally friendly?

  • Gemma Grant

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