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Australia’s carbon cabal digs in for fight against zero emissions targets
On cue, the Coalition has deployed its favourite scare tactic in response to new global pressure on emissions – and even recruited some new muscle.
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Australia will benefit from shift to zero emissions, with no gas required
With wind and solar now the cheapest sources of energy, Australia would benefit from a switch to 100% renewables, with gas not needed as transition fuel.
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'Immense' potential of renewable energy could propel Australia to net zero 2050 target
Climate policy experts say Australia needs to set a more ambitious 2030 climate commitment to reach a carbon neutral economy
Australia could become a carbon neutral economy by 2050 thanks to an abundance of cheap solar and wind energy but will need a more ambitious 2030 climate target to get there, according to a report from international climate policy experts.
A path to net zero emissions is technically and economically feasible for Australia, the report says, and would align the country with the Paris climate agreement it signed in 2016.
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China-made Tesla Model 3 in RHD and Model Y spotted
Key Model 3 and Model Y sightings, along with imminent expansion into Singapore, signal changes are afoot for Tesla in Asia Pacific region.
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NSW renewables plan marks a major new moment for climate action in Australia
The NSW government has hit on a magic formula for climate policy, but a dive into the details of its plans show there is more to be done.
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Q+A: Malcolm Turnbull attacks ‘shocking legacy’ of Murdoch and News Corp on climate crisis – video
In a heated debate about media bias on the ABC’s Q+A program, the former prime minister says Rupert Murdoch and his media company have ‘done enormous damage’ to western democracies, in particular on the subject of global warming. ‘The company you work for and its friends in politics, like Trump and others, have turned this issue of physics into an issue of values or identity,’ Malcolm Turnbull tells the Australian’s editor-at-large, Paul Kelly, adding: ‘Saying you believe or disbelieve in global warming is like saying you believe or disbelieve in gravity.’ He calls on Kelly and other New Corp employees to ‘speak up’ and call out their employer. Kelly argues that Turnbull is exaggerating the impact that Murdoch’s global media company has on the issue of climate change
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UK to give companies three more years before requiring climate risk disclosures
Revenue from Tesla big battery at Hornsdale falls by half in third quarter
Revenue from the Tesla big battery at the Hornsdale Power Reserve fell by half in the third quarter – compared to the same quarter a year earlier – as the market from frequency control and ancillary services contracted, and as the country’s biggest battery took time off to complete its recent expansion. Figures released by...
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UK to make climate risk reports mandatory for large companies
Rishi Sunak says disclosures will be mandatory within five years as part of net-zero plans
Large companies and financial institutions in the UK will have to come clean about their exposure to climate risks within five years under the terms of a tougher regime announced by the chancellor, Rishi Sunak.
In an attempt to demonstrate the government’s commitment to tackling global heating, Sunak said the UK would go further than an international taskforce had recommended and make disclosure by large businesses mandatory.
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Biggest solar farm outside main grids nearly complete, miner counts huge savings
The biggest solar farm to be built in Australia outside of its two main grids in nearing completion, and miners are already counting the savings.
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Coalition prepared transfer of environmental powers to states months before EPBC review reported
Correspondence between federal and WA governments shows Scott Morrison proposed a bill as early as February
The federal government was preparing to legislate to hand environmental approval powers to state governments at the beginning of the year, well in advance of recommendations from a review of national laws that proposed such changes.
Documents obtained by Guardian Australia under freedom of information laws show Scott Morrison told the Western Australian premier, Mark McGowan, in February he wanted to introduce a bill to transfer environmental approval powers to state governments by midyear.
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