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Turnbull might allow power firms to buy offsets19 Apr 18 - The Turnbull government is hedging its bets on whether to allow Australian energy companies to buy offsets to comply with their new 26 per cent emissions reduction target. |
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Australia's gas boom is getting out of whack18 Apr 18 - The massive growth of Australia’s natural gas industry is inconsistent with the country's Paris commitments. |
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ACT takes lead on electric vehicles17 Apr 18 - The Australian Capital Territory government has announced the country’s most ambitious transition plan to electric vehicles. |
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KOALA CRISIS: Don't blame urban sprawl for the deaths11 Apr 18 - Tree clearing, not urban sprawl, is to blame for the deaths of thousands of koalas in Queensland, say environmentalists. |
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Most Australians want rid of coal power3 Apr 18 - A majority of Australians would support phasing out coal power by 2030, including half the people in a sample identifying as Coalition voters, according to a new survey. |
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US and China behave as global emissions increase26 Mar 18 - While global carbon emissions crept upward in 2017 the trends were not entirely bad news - the world's two biggest emitters, China and the United States, made progress in their own ways. |
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Thousands rally against coal in Sydney26 Mar 18 - Thousands of people have marched through Sydney calling for an end to coal seam gas and coal mining and a renewed focus on renewables. |
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Ocean heatwave caused massive gas release23 Mar 18 - A severe heatwave off Western Australia eight years ago hammered the world's largest region of seagrass, triggering the release of as much as nine million tonnes of carbon dioxide. |
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Climate champion Weatherill chucks it in20 Mar 18 - The Turnbull government is one step closer to being able to implement its proposed national energy guarantee, courtesy of Jay Weatherill’s departure as the South Australian premier after Saturday’s... |
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Greens want to end sale of fossil fuel cars by 203014 Mar 18 - The Ausralian Greens have proposed introducing mandatory fuel efficiency standards, ending the sale of new petrol and diesel cars by 2030, and imposing a four-year 17 per cent tax on luxury vehicles. |
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Landmark case challenges NT land clearing13 Mar 18 - A landmark court case in the Northern Territory is set to consider a challenge to a massive land-clearing approval based on its impacts on climate change. |
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Canberra politicians ride the golden escalator12 Mar 18 - More than 180 individuals have moved between senior public service roles and the fossil fuel industry in Australia over the past decade - providing a golden escalator for former senior politicians. |
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Record means Australia's solar future looks bright8 Mar 18 - The future of Australia’s solar industry is looking bright after a record 3.5m panels were installed on rooftops last year, giving the equivalent output of a medium-sized coal-fired power station. |
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Rio Tinto faces $84 billion shareholder revolt5 Mar 18 - Australia’s second-biggest miner, Rio Tinto, faces a shareholder revolt over the role it plays in the country’s climate and energy debate. |
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Take your brolly to Broome ... it's had 1.5m of rain this year26 Feb 18 - It has been a soggy start to the year in the Western Australian town of Broome. In the two months of 2018, 1.5 metres of rain has fallen, |
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Australia has a role for coal, says Shorten21 Feb 18 - Labor Party leader Bill Shorten has declared there is a role for coal in Australia, and characterised the controversial Adani coalmine as just “another project”. |
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Canberra gives carbon emitters the go-ahead20 Feb 18 - Nearly 60 Australian industrial sites have been given the green light to increase crbon emissions, cancelling out cuts paid for by the Coalition governmet using public money. |
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Battery boom keeping Australia’s grid fully charged16 Feb 18 - Australia’s love affair with clean energy and battery storage is only just beginning, with the nation on the verge of an energy storage boom. |
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