Eco Friendly & Sustainable Living
australian politics, Tag
- Push to get taxpayer funds for Vales Point coal plant upgrade rejected Tue, 24 Mar 20, 3:30amPlant part-owned by Trevor St Baker was registered with emissions reduction fund but review said it should not qualify
- 'Expensive and underperforming': energy audit finds gas power running well below capacity Sun, 8 Mar 20, 6:00amReport challenges justification for government underwriting of up to five new gas-fired generators
- Inside the Liberal state stepping into a low-emissions future Sat, 7 Mar 20, 6:00amTasmania’s conservative government is embracing green hydrogen as it positions itself as a ‘renewables powerhouse’
- Climate campaigners condemn 'insidious' cocktail party for MPs and coal industry Wed, 4 Mar 20, 7:17pmParliament House event represents an effort to undermine climate action, environmental group 350 Australia says
- Anthony Albanese denounces 'lazy cynicism' of Nationals in appeal to NSW coal country Sat, 29 Feb 20, 6:00amIn Hunter Valley speech, Labor leader says National party denying energy alternatives and will cause Australia to ‘drift back towards the 19th century’
- Scathing report into NSW coal seam gas could create new hurdles for Santos Narrabri project Thu, 27 Feb 20, 2:25pmFailure to fully implement 14 of 16 recommendations to regulate CSG extraction could lead to more support for moratorium across NSW
- Australia’s electricity market must be 100% renewables by 2035 to achieve net zero by 2050 - study Thu, 27 Feb 20, 3:30amAustralia needs at least half of all new cars in 10 years time to be electric vehicles to remain within 2C warming, new analysis shows
- Great Australian Bight: Equinor abandons plans to drill for oil Tue, 25 Feb 20, 11:12amNorwegian oil company announces it has scrapped its $200m plan to deepwater drill in Great Australian Bight Marine Park
- Be honest and nuanced: how Labor can keep its green credentials and still support coal | Peter Lewis Tue, 25 Feb 20, 1:48pmLabor needs to move the debate beyond slogans and shouting by arguing that despite its environmental downsides, coal has a place
- Essential poll: a majority of Coalition voters support a net zero emissions target for 2050 Tue, 25 Feb 20, 3:30amLatest fortnightly survey shows a majority of Australian voters support net zero either strongly or somewhat
- Labor will not harm coal industry to meet 2050 net zero target, Fitzgibbon says – as it happened Mon, 24 Feb 20, 5:37pmGovernment MPs lash out at Labor over its emissions target before the parties spar on climate and more in question time, which begins with tributes to Hannah Clarke and her children...
- Australia's carbon emissions fall just 0.3% as industrial pollution surges Mon, 24 Feb 20, 12:36pmEmissions from electricity generation and agriculture decline, but tiny overall decline shows shortcomings of Coalition policy
- Coalition reignites climate war over Labor's emissions policy – politics live Mon, 24 Feb 20, 10:55amGovernment MPs have lashed out at Labor over its emissions target, with arguments in parliament’s corridors. All the days events, live
- Australian power prices forecast to fall by 7% by 2022 as cost of renewables drops Mon, 24 Feb 20, 3:30amEnergy board says renewables growth will cut electricity prices, but warns extreme weather and ageing coal plants a threat to energy security
- Smoke screen: how Australia's biggest polluters have been free to increase emissions Sun, 23 Feb 20, 6:00amThe Coalition’s safeguards mechanism was meant to stop rises in industrial emissions cancelling out cuts paid for by taxpayers – but it’s a colossal failure