Bond: Green electricity dream has turned a stark shade of black(out)
Australia has been sold a pup on renewable energy, and now our early exit from fossil fuels is leaving us very precariously perched, writes Caleb Bond.
Mission Zero
Blended gas the next step in SA’s hydrogen energy revolution
The government sees hydrogen as our state’s biggest clean energy opportunity, and a new project in the suburbs of Adelaide is already partly powering homes with it.
Revealed: The SA site earmarked for nuclear power station
The site of an old SA coal-fired power station has been earmarked for a nuclear reactor under a Coalition clean energy plan.
Revealed: The SA site earmarked for nuclear power station
The site of an old SA coal-fired power station has been earmarked for a nuclear reactor under a Coalition clean energy plan.
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Outback carbon capture project isn’t just a pipe dream
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Hydrogen power move: Private partners get a stake
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Fears water extraction will harm popular NT lagoon and community
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$4.7Bn Santos gas project on hold
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Explained: How Australia will cut emissions by 43 per cent
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Net zero chaos: Shorten can tell PM what’ll happen next
But if the PM can’t get his side on the same page on his net zero target, then Bill Shorten can tell him what will happen next.
Labor firm on coal; Coalition accused of ‘walking both sides’
Labor’s Pat Conroy doesn’t regret “one iota” his comments about the impact of the party’s coal mine plan. It comes after the Coalition was allegedly caught “walking both sides of the street”.
60,000 new jobs as coal-fired power stations shut down
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Labor’s big contradiction on coal mines
Labor has let it slip coal mines would not be entirely exempt from provisions to help Australia reach net-zero emissions by 2050.
Dramatic ways Australia will achieve net zero by 2050
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