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Climate policy
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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Biodiversity
New species declared endangered on doorstep of Woodside mega-project
Another species being declared endangered on the doorstep of Woodside’s $30 billion Browse gas field has delivered a fresh blow amid approvals processes.
- by Emma Young
Opinion
Development
Contrary to conventional wisdom, the burbs are our great green hope
Through a combination of technology and design, suburbia could in fact be the most sustainable form of urban living.
- by Tone Wheeler
Renewables meet reality: Power grid emissions rise to threaten Australia’s climate goals
Australia is at the forefront of the green transition, but the weather gods are testing the government’s plans to cut greenhouse gases.
- by Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
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Climate crisis
Doomist or realist? Meet the scientist who says the climate collapse has already begun
Jem Bendell was made famous by his paper Deep Adaptation, in which he argued that climate collapse was inevitable. Now he says it has already begun.
- by Nick O'Malley
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
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Renewables
‘It’s beneficial for the sheep’: The surprising ‘win-win’ for solar panels on farms
Farmers are increasingly finding that hosting renewable projects not only provides guaranteed income, but can also offer agricultural benefits.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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Renewables
Half an hour of power: Renewables’ record surge a sign of future supply
The energy regulator says renewables could dominate the electricity grid within the decade – if the grid gets the right upgrades.
- by Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
Top polluter AGL buys green energy group to power its shift from coal
Power giant AGL has struck a deal to buy a big battery and solar developer as it races to add more renewables in time for its impending coal plant closures.
- by Nick Toscano
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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
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