The Guardian: Energy

MARCH 24, 2024

Modelling results presented to the state government late last year and obtained by Guardian Australia showed that the state’s carbon emissions in 2024 are on track to reach 91.5m Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading.

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The Guardian: Energy

APRIL 17, 2024

To truly reduce emissions, we must stop digging up and burning fossil fuels Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Last week Anthony Albanese finally announced the government’s major plan for the transition to a renewable energy economy. Continue reading.

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The Guardian: Energy

APRIL 25, 2024

Broad terms of subpoenas a ‘chilling’ precedent that could undermine future climate litigation, legal experts say Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast A federal court judge has allowed Santos to subpoena paperwork held by three activist groups who were not directly involved in a lawsuit against the oil company.

Fossil fuels 84

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The Guardian: Energy

MARCH 7, 2024

The prospect of Australia trying to build nuclear reactors at soon-to-be-closed coal plants raises many questions. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading.

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The Guardian: Energy

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

The analysis led by Greenpeace estimated the Burrup Hub expansion could lead to 6.1bn tonnes of CO 2 across the decades ahead if fully developed – roughly 13 times what Australia emits annually. Most of the emissions would be released when the gas was sold and burned overseas. Continue reading.

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The Guardian: Energy

MARCH 9, 2024

Energy minister says average build time for a nuclear plant in US is 19 years and giving up on renewables would be a ‘massive economic own goal’ Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast The federal energy minister, Chris Bowen, has dismissed Coalition MP Ted O’Brien’s (..)

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The Guardian: Energy

MAY 9, 2024

What it wants, in simple terms, is government approval to make multibillion-dollar investments in new gas reservoirs that will lead to billions of tonnes of emissions. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading.

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The Guardian: Energy

DECEMBER 20, 2023

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The Guardian: Energy

APRIL 22, 2024

Results highlight the difficulties government faces in selling energy transition to sceptical public Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Voters have backed Anthony Albanese’s Future Made in Australia plan but are under the misapprehension that renewables are the most expensive form of power.

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Renew Economy

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

World is grappling with an environmental crisis compounded by an information crisis, and Australia's Sky News and broadcaster Alan Jones are near the top of the list. The post “Outrage economy:” Sky News and Alan Jones in global list of climate misinformation appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Government 141

The Guardian: Energy

APRIL 13, 2024

The treasurer says there must be “generational change” in Australia to match similar major green economy programs being undertaken by other nations including the US. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading.

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The Guardian: Energy

JANUARY 28, 2024

In a new podcast to be released on Monday, the ACT senator has also described the “really sobering” experiencing of entering parliament and “seeing the influence of the fossil fuel industry” up close. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading.

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The Guardian: Energy

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Scientists say that’s not backed by credible evidence Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Some pictures show a whale lifeless on a beach. After questions from Guardian Australia this week, the advertising company oOh!media

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The Guardian: Energy

MARCH 27, 2024

It comes as the federal Labor government will on Thursday announce $1bn for solar panel manufacturing in Australia, with the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, travelling to the Hunter region to spruik the government’s new Net Zero Economy Authority.

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The Guardian: Energy

JANUARY 21, 2024

Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading. It comes as the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has called Labor MPs and senators to Canberra on Wednesday for a snap caucus to discuss further cost-of-living relief measures put forward by Treasury.

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Renew Economy

APRIL 29, 2024

Sarah White and Shane Parker have towed their caravan with both a Tesla Model 3 (around Australia), and their BYD Atto 3. They even shared the news with Scotty from Marketing. The post The Driven Podcast: EVs will town your caravan, or your boat, all around Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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The Guardian: Energy

NOVEMBER 22, 2023

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The Guardian: Energy

APRIL 16, 2024

The prime minister’s promised “Future Made in Australia” act is clumsily named, and the announcement last week had few details, but the idea – that the government will need to use its weight to help develop green industries if the country is to make a rapid transition from fossil fuels to a clean economy – has been a long time coming.

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The Guardian: Energy

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Newspaper endorses CEO Meg O’Neill’s position the company’s gas is needed but doesn’t mention global heating Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Who needs to pay for newspaper advertising?

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The Guardian: Energy

MAY 9, 2024

The resources minister, Madeleine King, released the government’s gas roadmap on Wednesday, which sets out plans for gas to be used in Australia to 2050 and beyond, including the exploration and opening of new gas fields as a priority.

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The Guardian: Energy

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Chinese companies now dominate the global market and supply more than 90% of solar modules sold in Australia. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading.

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Renew Economy

APRIL 29, 2024

Sarah White and Shane Parker have towed their caravan with both a Tesla Model 3 (around Australia), and their BYD Atto 3. They even shared the news with Scotty from Marketing. The post The Driven Podcast: EVs will tow your caravan, or your boat, all around Australia appeared first on RenewEconomy.

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Electric vehicle Electricity 52

The Guardian: Energy

MARCH 24, 2024

Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading. And on Monday Labor introduced amendments to add safeguards to the offshore gas bill after widespread concerns , including from within it own ranks.

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The Guardian: Energy

DECEMBER 21, 2023

The figure is based on an Institute of Public Affairs report, but its extrapolations have been described as ‘ridiculous’ Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Wind and solar farms are popping up in renewable energy zones and designated development areas around Australia.

Agriculture 109

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The Guardian: Energy

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Woodside’s spending on looking for new oil and gas reserves was $160m in 2019 and dipped to $96m in 2021 – a year affected by the Covid-19 pandemic – before rising to $418m in 2022, according to a report by the Australian Conservation Foundation.

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Fossil fuels Pollution Energy Energy 83

Charged

APRIL 11, 2024

The market share of fully electric trucks and buses is growing at an impressive pace in Europe, according to a new report from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT). The news comes to us via the Australian EV news site The Driven. of Australia’s bus fleet is electric).

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The Guardian: Energy

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading. The Albanese government announced at the Cop28 climate summit that it had joined 40 other countries in signing up to the clean energy transition partnership, an agreement first reached in Glasgow two years ago.

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The Guardian: Energy

JANUARY 9, 2024

The sharp-tailed sandpiper migrates from Siberia for the Australian summer and is now listed in Australia as vulnerable. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading.

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The Guardian: Energy

JANUARY 7, 2024

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The Guardian: Energy

DECEMBER 19, 2023

AGL Energy on Tuesday announced it has reached a final investment decision on the two-hour duration, grid-scale battery in the Hunter region of New South Wales after closing the power station in 2023. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading.

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The Guardian: Energy

OCTOBER 30, 2023

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The Guardian: Energy

OCTOBER 3, 2023

In a submission to a Senate inquiry examining Australia’s residential electrification efforts, Energy Consumers Australia urged the government to consider mandatory information disclosures to warn consumers about “the potential economic consequences” of buying a new gas appliance.

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The Guardian: Energy

DECEMBER 20, 2023

Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading. This prompted the climate change minister, Chris Bowen, to say the opposition’s crusade for a nuclear option was not viable.

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The Guardian: Energy

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

New campaign supported by Greenpeace urges Surf Life Saving WA to scrap $5m naming rights deal Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Parents say they don’t want their children to be walking billboards for Woodside, the naming rights sponsor for Nippers in Western Australia.

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The Guardian: Energy

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading. An episode of the investigative program that aired earlier this month featured Disrupt Burrup Hub as they planned a protest against Woodside Energy’s enormous gas project on the Pilbara’s Burrup peninsula.

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The Guardian: Energy

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

The decision by IFM – which is owned by 17 Australian industry super funds – comes as a coalition of business and environmental groups calls on the Albanese government to supercharge tax and other financial incentives to ensure Australia can attract sufficient capital to drive the domestic transition to net zero emissions.

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The Guardian: Energy

AUGUST 30, 2023

gigawatts of new generation and storage capacity added to the national electricity market compared with last summer. gigawatts of new generation and storage capacity added to the national electricity market compared with last summer.

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