Marles tangled in a climate mess of Bowen’s making
Labor needs to realise its argument against nuclear requires more than cartoons and superficial responses.
Climate Change
‘Action’: Australia’s big climate pledge
Australia is making a major commitment to help poorer countries weather the effects of climate change.
Marles insists nuclear industry, AUKUS subs pact ‘completely separate’
Acting PM Richard Marles has dodged questions about why the UK thought Australia would sign onto the nuclear industry deal; The Coalition says it will release the ‘full economics’ of its energy plan before the end of the year.
Labor renewables push driving nation on road to ruin
Further execution of the renewables program should be put on hold until a reliable and proper assessment of its present progress and cost to date are made and published
Last Post: After Trump election, Xi has a change of heart
Was it not just a few years ago that Xi imposed $20bn of trade sanctions on Australia? Now he is, apparently, a champion of unfettered free trade, and wants Albo’s support.
Labor climate zealotry on display to world
The government’s argument for rejecting a UK-US appeal to join a global move to speed up the spread of civilian nuclear energy and cut carbon emissions has left Labor looking contradictory, confused and embarrassed.
Energy Minister pulling us out of nuclear just as everyone jumps in
Labor is sabotaging Australia’s longstanding and deep involvement in next-generation nuclear research, just as the world is getting serious about the emissions-free technology.
G20 leaders fail to agree on climate, Ukraine
The leaders of the world’s wealthiest nations failed to break a deadlock in UN climate talks at a summit dominated by divergences over the Ukraine war and Donald Trump’s impending return to the White House.
Worrying sign for Great Barrier Reef
Climate change-driven heat and cyclones have caused a large chunk of the Great Barrier Reef to drop in health, with some areas reporting the largest coral decline in 39 years.
Biden touts climate legacy during Amazon visit
Joe Biden, the first sitting US President to visit the Brazilian rainforest, insists his record on fighting climate change will survive Donald Trump’s return to the White House.
Political ideology v energy reality? Aussies are the losers
Civilisation depends on fossil fuels until other dependable energy sources become globally available. Pure political ideology was on display at the APEC meeting and must be called out.
Albanese is off message on reality of energy transition
At some point, politicians from all sides must recognise they are running out of time and options to find a credible solution to what has become a wicked energy problem.
Going head to head on climate
With an election imminent Energy Minister Chris Bowen and opposition spokesperson Ted O’Brien answer the big questions on energy and climate.
Biden urges G20 leaders to hang tough on climate
Joe Biden and Keir Starmer will pressure leaders to not join Donald Trump in walking away from climate ambition, with Anthony Albanese to declare Australian clean energy and critical minerals will drive a ‘new generation of prosperity’.
The little solar maker who wants to take on the world
To call Tindo Solar a small player would be an overstatement but the Adelaide firm is Australia’s only locally made solar panel maker and chief Richard Petterson has grand plans.
Queensland’s coal royalty ‘sugar hit’ won’t last: BHP
BHP Australia President Geraldine Slattery says the ‘sugar hit’ Queensland receives from coal royalties won’t last, as the resource sector is at a `pivot point’ in the transition to new forms of energy.
Aus could go nuclear in under 12 years
Two world-leading nuclear experts have said Australia is poised to build its first nuclear reactor in less than 12 years, in a strong backing of the Coalition’s policy.
Belkin boss urges others to ‘wake up’ to climate crisis
Despite being more expensive than virgin plastic, Belkin is using more recycled materials and is not worried about a short-term profit margin crunch as it urges others to ‘wake up’ to the climate crisis.
Fracking booster, climate sceptic who is Trump’s energy secretary pick
Chris Wright was front-and-centre the fracking revolution that reshaped the US as a band of scrappy wildcatters that reinvigorated US oil and gas production to record heights.
Bowen, others should be ashamed of our $650bn renewables disaster
Australia’s renewables disaster has been created because Chris Bowen and the state ministers did not start with a budget. Instead, they set out their aims with no idea of the cost. And they actually started constructing without a proper cost plan.
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