Climate
Coal activists risk India interest
Dennis Shanahan, Michael McKennaSecretly foreign-funded Australian environmental activists work to oppose the $16bn Adani coalmine in Queensland.
‘High-cost’ hit from renewables
ANNABEL HEPWORTH, SARAH ELKSQueensland’s 50 per cent RET has been undercut by the largest government-run power generator.
Emissions plan more hot air?
David Hodgkinson, Rebecca JohnstonAviation is turning to carbon offsets to cut the industry’s global emissions, but will it actually work?
Hardcore greens trumped unions
GRAHAM LLOYDFederal Labor’s 50 per cent renewable energy target was forced on to the party by a hardcore environment offshoot.
‘Hold horses’ on emissions
ANNABEL HEPWORTHBCA says unilateral action by states on emissions cuts will impede progress at the national level.
Time up for tilting at windmills
Chris KennySouth Australia’s storm may prove a blessing as ministers commit to tackle network reliability.
Review into energy security
JARED OWENSThe nation’s energy ministers have resolved to launch an independent review into Australia’s energy security.
$41bn blow from green push
DAVID CROWEHouseholds are exposed to a $41bn cost for state government promises to embrace renewable energy, an analysis says.
Tas wind to aid nation’s energy
Matthew DenholmTasmania will back a national energy plan and argue it can provide energy security via its wind and hydro potential.
Target ‘will kill industries’
Sarah Elks, Geoff ChambersQueensland’s target of generating half of its electricity using renewables by 2030 is ‘unachievable’.
Renewable defence looks foolish
GRAHAM LLOYDAn interim report into the SA blackout reveals lessons for putting high renewable energy into the electricity system.
Shorten’s ‘crazy’ RET plan
JOE KELLYJosh Frydenberg has accused Bill Shorten of failing to explain how he would achieve Labor’s 50 per cent RET by 2030.
Planet ‘hurtling towards warming threshold’
Earth is on track to sail past the 2C threshold for dangerous global warming by 2050, top climate scientists say.
‘Heed warning on mad aims’
SARAH MARTINCoal is needed to “keep the lights on” across Australia, a senior federal government minister has declared.
From blackout to trepidation
MICHAEL OWENA flood emergency has hit north of Adelaide as residents clean up after a storm front battered South Australia.
Water clouds outlook for wines
VERITY EDWARDSVigneron Jim Boehm knows flooding is a painful part of life for his treasured vines in the Barossa Valley.
Andrews, Turnbull in war of words
Jared OwensThe PM and Daniel Andrews have taken potshots at each other during a lively day in state-federal relations.
Blackout a wake-up call: PM
SARAH MARTINMalcolm Turnbull has seized on South Australia’s statewide blackout to call for a shift in national energy policy.
