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Renewables future. Lake Bonney Windfarm wind turbines produce electricity. Thursday November 6 2020 Pic Roy Van Der Vegt

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.

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The world's biggest hydrogen production facility, power plant and storage planned for Whyalla

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.

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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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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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FEDERAL ELECTION TEAM 2022. LABOR BUS TOUR 26/4/2022 - Pictured in Darwin this morning is Shadow Minister for International Development and the Pacific Pat Conroy speaking during a press conference with Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs Penny Wong, Shadow Minister for Defence Brendan O'Connor, and Local Member for Solomon Luke Gosling. Picture: Tim Hunter.

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”.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NewsWire Photos MARCH 26, 2021: General view of the power station in Yallourn, Victoria. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Daniel Pockett

60,000 new jobs as coal-fired power stations shut down

Australia could create more than 60,000 jobs by replacing the energy produced by a single coal-fired power station with solar. This is how it would work.

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Labor’s big contradiction on coal mines

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.

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Australian prime minister Scott Morrison (L) and Australia's Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction Angus Taylor (R) drive a hydrogen-fuelled car around a Toyota test track in Melbourne in Melbourne on November 9, 2021. Morrison visits the Toyota Hydrogen Centre in Altona to unveil a new $250m electric vehicle plan.

Dramatic ways Australia will achieve net zero by 2050

After weeks of waiting, the government has released the economic modelling it used for its net zero strategy.

What climate summit really achieved

What climate summit really achieved

Greta Thunberg called it a failure, but observers reckon the COP26 summit in Glasgow has shifted global climate politics forever. Here’s how the world changed.

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ELECTRIC CAR Electric car owner Sam Moloney and his kids, Jack, Tula and Jasmine. At Waterworks Reserve, Dynnyrne. Picture Eddie Safarik

Take a look at Tassie’s promising future for electric vehicles

Tasmania is going to be a leader in electric vehicles in the country because of the green energy, the short driving distances and the infrastructure.

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How China gamed the system on climate change ratings

How China gamed the system on climate change ratings

A report ranking Australia dead last in the climate policy stakes has the same credibility as students marking their own homework, Nationals Senator Matt Canavan says.

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Greta’s ‘net zero’ swearing pledge

Greta’s ‘net zero’ swearing pledge

Greta Thunberg has sworn up a storm at COP26 in Glasgow inviting much criticism but the teen climate activist had a message for her haters.

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, US President Joe Biden appears to fall asleep during COP26 summit

Trump mocks ‘Sleepy Joe’ Biden over nap at climate conference

US President Joe Biden has gone viral, after he was filmed nodding off during the opening speeches at the COP26 summit.

‘Climate hypocrisy’: 400 VIPs take private jets to COP26

‘Climate hypocrisy’: 400 VIPs take private jets to COP26

World leaders have been slammed for taking private planes to the UN climate conference to preach about the need to cut emissions.

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