Chris Bowen ‘weaponised’ the public service by instructing his department to produce ‘entirely flawed’ figures to allege Peter Dutton’s nuclear energy plan would see a 49 per cent electricity shortfall by 2035, the Coalition claims.
The opposition’s plan to unwind mandatory emissions reporting for polluters would marginalise Australia on the world stage as others seek greater corporate accountability, a top law firm says.
The Association of Mining and Exploration Companies has made its top federal election issue a scheme that delivers tax breaks to investors who punt on junior explorers.
Can such large differences between gas and nuclear costs be understood intuitively, by those of us without access to the complex modelling involved?
Australia’s high hopes of becoming a world leader in the field of renewable hydrogen and ammonia production face an acid test over the next 12 months.
New energy infrastructure commissioner Tony Mahar knows all about community unrest in renewables hotspots. What will he do about it?
Australia’s energy chiefs, and their biggest customers, are calling for policy certainty from government to ensure a more efficient and prosperous transition to renewable power.
Treasury warned Howard government ministers not to pursue climate policies that relied heavily on regulations, grants and subsidies rather than the market.
The Australian Energy Market Commission expects its rule change to improve returns to households and businesses which have rooftop solar panels and batteries.
Australia’s new climate-related financial disclosure regime means businesses are on the brink of a significant shift in corporate responsibility.
Jim Chalmers has fired the first salvo in what is likely to be a sustained campaign of economic attacks by Labor on Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan, to be driven by the Treasurer himself.
Farmers along a new ‘energy superhighway’ say they have been thrust into a world of pain as Victorian landholders vow to lock their gates.
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Many firms have supported tree-planting projects as a way of burnishing green credentials, usually through third-party scheme developers. The UK’s Atom Bank is taking a direct approach.
Australia is facing a shortage of nearly 200,000 workers to deliver the nation’s $213bn major infrastructure pipeline, with renewable energy projects set to increase six-fold in just four years.
The choice between renewable energy and nuclear power is clear. But how to decide?
Under David Littleproud, the Nationals are becoming irrelevant to their regional-based constituency by turning their backs on coal-fired power, retiring MP Keith Pitt says.
Chris Bowen has warned that the Coalition’s nuclear plan will force large industries out of Australia and blow up rooftop solar by forcing nuclear energy into the grid.
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