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Model 3 figures in Australia cast against direct fossil fuel competitors in the local auto market are encouraging - but how long will they last?

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Reluctant Angus Taylor finally sets a date to face up to COAG Energy Council as state ministers grow impatient with lack of progress.

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Australian big four bank pledges to source 100% of its electricity from renewables by 2025, joining Westpac and Commonwealth Bank in global RE100 initiative.

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After years of decline, China's coal production is now at the highest point it's been for five years. And that is not good.

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Coal mine refusal is another red flag for KEPCO’s overseas coal projects.

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Scott Morrison is not doing the Climate Summit, but boy does he have a plan to combat catastrophic global warming: put the blame on China and recycle cardboard boxes.

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Carnegie relies on third party investors to help reach minimum fund raising target for the re-capitalisation of its wave energy business.

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Anna Skarbek, the head of ClimateWorks Australia, on the key role of electric vehicles in meeting emissions reduction targets, and why they already make financial sense for fleet owners.

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A bold global vision for dramatic reductions in embodied carbon across the built environment has been endorsed by the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA) with leading Australian companies also pledging their support.

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South Australia to use its abundant cheap wind and solar to make Australia's first move towards renewable hydrogen economy and multi-billion dollar export potential.

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Tesla Model 3 deliveries in Australia could push it into the ranks of the top 10 new vehicle sales for the month of September.

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Scott Morrison opts to spend time touring a US box factory owned by a Liberal Party donor, instead of attending the UN climate leaders summit in New York.

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The 95MW Tailem Bend solar farm in South Australia has become the first renewable project of its kind to be granted approval for self-forecast generation.

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Australia’s peak body representing some of Australia’s largest energy users, the Energy Users’ Association of Australia (EUAA), welcomes the appointment of Clare Savage to the role of Chair of the Australian Energy Regulator (AER).

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Small but potentially significant solar farm officially opened in NSW that state agriculture minister says is a glimpse of the future for regional areas.

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United in Science report warns world needs to lift its efforts 5-fold to cap warming at 1.5°C, and reinforces call to end fossil fuel subsidies and bring an end to new coal plants.

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UN is drawing on the strength of youth climate strikes, and the vision of big companies like Atlassian to try and reshape rules of climate diplomacy.

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More than 11 large coal units were offline at various times last week, and the grid coped just fine. But we still deserve better planning for a renewable future.

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UK to get first subsidy-free offshore wind farms after contracts awarded for nearly 6GW that will make it cheaper than gas, and less than half the cost of new nuclear.

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In an Australian first, the CEFC and the NFF have collaborated to back ready-made clean energy solutions for Australian farmers, with the twin goals of increasing on-farm efficiency and cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

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