Fossil fuels
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Prime minister agrees his personal 14.5kW system on the roof of his Sydney home, with battery storage, is a ‘large array’
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Josh Frydenberg says rules could allow CEFC to invest in projects that do not reduce emissions by 50% or more
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The Minerals Council seems mostly intent on using its submission to electoral donations committee to kneecap environmental groups opposed to new mines
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Grogonomics Electricity pricing is confusing – and that's why they're using it to mislead us
Greg JerichoOne of the more frustrating aspects of energy policy is that it begins and ends with electricity prices and the over-arching issue of climate change is a side issue -
Report says mine sites may not be able to be successfully rehabilitated and warns of ‘big liabilities’
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Labor’s goal is to have 50% of electricity from renewables by 2030, but asked about the cost, he replies ‘there is a cost in not acting’
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In California’s Central Valley emissions from oil refineries and agriculture make Bakersfield America’s most air-polluted city. Activists fear the Trump administration could undo small but steady improvements
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Documents show prime minister knew the failure of Torrens Island plant affected efforts to restart power before he made comments about renewables
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There’s a long list of blame and shame for Australia’s threadbare climate and energy policy, but Turnbull’s party takes the cake
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Analysis shows spike in fossil fuel-dominated state’s wholesale spot price this year far eclipses that in SA in July 2016 which sparked calls for a national inquiry into renewable energy
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A small opportunity to avoid a frightening world has been tossed away by this government and the lobbyists and financiers that they answer to
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Federal government’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation says coal ‘seriously challenged’ as a commercial investment
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Letters: While it is good news for the environment that UK sales of electric cars are rising, this trend is unlikely to take off while we have such a disjointed policy regarding electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure
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In Australia-first move, private fund to pull $20m out of fossil fuel companies in acknowledgement climate change harms health
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While tribal leaders have urged activists to let the fight play out in the courts, many on the ground have called for a final push as pipeline moves ahead
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Federal funding for Adani project amounts to $683,060 a job, compared with $32,191 a worker in Queensland’s clean energy sector, 350.org says
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The evidence suggests the push for government help is an attempt to squeeze money out of unwise investments made at the end of the mining boom
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Is Malcolm Turnbull's priority really just keeping the lights on?
Kristina KeneallyIt seems Turnbull is basing his core political agenda for 2017 on a rare weather event. It’s a textbook definition of being buffeted by events rather than shaping them
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Sid Marris leaves role as head of climate and environment at Minerals Council of Australia to take up job with PM’s office
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South Australia’s energy minister, Tom Koutsantonis, responds to the federal government’s push for clean coal generation as an energy source
Gas-fired power plants failed during NSW heatwave, report reveals