Dutton flags plans to axe emissions standard for cars
The opposition leader is ‘dead against’ the policy and will soon unveil a plan to bring down the cost of cars and utes.
Climate Change
Why this radical approach to tackling the climate crisis will end in ruin
A new book, by one of Germany’s green-left darlings, argues that we, the capitalist West, need to revive the Blitz spirit of World War II England. Our contemporary emergency is not genocidal Nazism – it’s is climate change.
What does a biodiversity census of my farm reveal?
Noah could overfill his ark at Elmswood. And given the threat of climate change, we’d like to provide more passengers for his cruise ship.
Cash queries for climate activists
Anti-nuclear climate activists have crashed another Liberal Party event, infiltrating a $3000-a-head fundraiser.
Climate, integrity funding pours in for Daniel
Liberals are braced to be outspent in the cutthroat Goldstein election as climate cash pours into Zoe Daniel’s campaign pockets.
‘Quiet old Friday’ as ASX gains
The ASX finished slightly up on Friday, but investors remain uncertain over a potential hung parliament and US President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
Liberals cry foul over teal candidate’s polling ‘integrity’
Climate 200 polling in Bradfield has spruiked Nicolette Boele’s role as a ‘clean-energy executive’ and credentials as a ‘local mum’, before asking voters if they had heard of her.
Climate activists crash $3000-a-head Liberal fundraiser
Anti-nuclear climate activists have crashed another key Liberal party event, infiltrating the Opposition’s $3000-a-head fundraiser following Peter Dutton’s budget reply on Thursday night.
Start-up looks to scale up green tech that turns plastic into clothes
Samara Eco has hired two new executives from the US to help scale its recycling technology, which aims to change fashion and combat plastic pollution.
Nation sinks deeper in red as Labor pitches for votes
Major progress in improving defence is kicked down the road again.
Zen and the difficult art of renewable energy profits
Low wind and falling EV sales sum up the problems of the energy transition challenge.
Stoush over vehicle emissions, tax breaks
The Coalition and Labor are heading for a showdown over the twin issues of vehicle emissions standards and the price of plug-in hybrids.
Others will experience our pain: Garnaut’s Zen
Renewables player Zen Energy suffered a loss of more than $50m in 2024 after an aggressive expansion into renewables, conceding it was a challenging year.
Wind drought hits Ross Garnaut’s Zen Energy
The loss-making renewable energy company developed by the high-profile economist is precariously placed after its trading position was damaged by a wind drought.
ALP energy relief based on ‘magic pudding economics’
Labor’s energy transition is failing. It’s held together by subsidies, secret contracts and relief packages – otherwise it would collapse.
Oil industry wants Trump’s help to thwart climate lawsuits
The fossil-fuel industry wants to avoid the financial penalties tobacco companies faced
UN ‘propaganda’ on climate costing the world trillions
The international body is boldly working to suppress open debate on climate change while pushing prosperity-wrecking policies.
Last Post: Unwanted EVs in car yards is no surprise
Plugging for the sale of EVs is one thing, then finding enough renewable energy-powered plugs with which to charge them is an entirely different, and very flawed, proposition.
Ideology not enough to convince buyers on merits of EV
People’s choices can’t be legislated or be the subject of arbitrary targets. Australians will come to the climate action trough when they buy all of the arguments. As of now, most are not convinced.
Greens, teals will fuel Labor’s renewable energy ‘cult’
It’s concerning that Chris Bowen claims the government’s natural gas policy is a success simply because forecasts now predict possible shortages further down the track.
‘Can’t force people to buy EVs’: Bowen’s net zero to 100 car wreck
The local Mitsubishi boss has declared car yards are brimming with EVs that people do not want to buy, and warned the price of petrol cars could rise unless Labor overhauls its vehicle-emissions standards.
Rising Tide activists disrupt Dutton, Taylor addresses
Anti-nuclear climate activists disrupted a series of Coalition media events on Thursday, including a speech by Peter Dutton
‘No offence intended’: Dutton regrets calling Albanese ‘limp-wristed’
The Opposition Leader has accepted the phrase ‘shouldn’t have been used’ while criticising the Prime Minister’s handling of China, as he faced Labor and teal attacks suggesting the term was homophobic.
What made Cyclone Alfred worse
A “decade of inaction” on climate pollution has cost Australians $1.2bn in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Alfred, experts say.
Staying the course on energy risks wasting more money
When faced with mounting challenges, governments frequently respond by increasing spending rather than reassessing their approach. This stubbornness risks significant loss of money.
Dutton’s energy policy is hostage to climate deniers
After three years it’s clear the same people who stopped climate action in Australia for a decade are still calling the shots in the Coalition partyroom.
Stay the course on climate: Bowen
Chris Bowen is declaring ‘we need to stay the course’ on the rapid shift to green energy and rebuffed claims from experts Labor is not on track to hit its 82 per cent renewables target.
Dutton must end net-zero ‘cult’ and rescue our future
Dutton should save our countryside from the hideous blight of windmills and solar panels, and allow our agriculture to thrive. He has an opportunity to take a winning stance.
Keeping coal for longer: Victoria U-turns after seeing the light
One of Australia’s biggest coal power stations is set to stay open for four more years, in an extraordinary reversal for the state Labor government’s renewable energy-only blueprint.
GST back-up fund ‘blown’ on green projects
The former Queensland Labor government set aside $2.5bn as a contingency for a predicted shrinking of the state’s share of GST, but squandered it on renewables and hydrogen projects.
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