Climate
Gladys unplugged by power goal
KYLAR LOUSSIKIANNSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian was yesterday unable to name the state’s clean energy target.
Coal power overhaul for green bank
DAVID CROWE, SIMON BENSONThe Coalition is preparing to overhaul the nation’s $10billion “green bank”.
Labor’s RET tap dance
Graham RichardsonThe Opposition has finally worked out its 50 per cent Renewable Energy Target is an election-losing policy.
Taxpayers set to fund coal power
DENNIS SHANAHANThe Turnbull government is looking at legislation to allow taxpayers to fund a new coal-fired power station.
Labor RET ‘crazy, reckless’
RACHEL BAXENDALE, SIMON BENSONMathias Cormann adds to Coalition attacks on Labor’s retreat from a 50pc renewable energy target by 2030.
Ditch green targets, states told
ANNABEL HEPWORTHLabor state governments face new demands to ditch overlapping renewable energy targets.
Labor ‘white flag’ on RET
JOE KELLYMark Butler appears to confirm that Labor’s 50pc renewable energy target will be an aspiration, not a legislated commitment.
Shorten stumbles on energy cost
DAVID CROWEBill Shorten has stumbled on energy security by failing to explain how Labor will achieve its goal on renewable power.
‘Forget ideology, fix the grid’
JOE KELLYLeading groups have united to call for a cross-party political consensus on the reform of Australia’s energy market.
Labor ‘can’t keep the lights on’
Rosie LewisLabor worships at the altar of renewable energy but doesn’t have a backup electricity plan, the PM says.
Labor’s power ‘horror show’
SARAH MARTIN, MEREDITH BOOTHMalcolm Turnbull has blasted Labor’s RET ‘horror show’ by seizing on blackouts in SA to warn of outages.
WA Labor in drive for 50pc RET
ANDREW BURRELLThe Labor Party is poised to announce it will set a 50 per cent renewable energy target for WA by 2030.
Invest in carbon storage, says BHP
Matt ChambersThe miner sees carbon capture and storage as more likely to cut emissions because it can be fitted to existing plants.
‘Misleading data’ used to debunk
GRAHAM LLOYDA paper claiming to debunk a ‘pause’ or ‘hiatus’ in global temperatures is alleged to have used misleading data.
Green power bill hits $3bn a year
SIMON BENSONTaxpayer subsidies to meet state and federal renewable energy targets include hidden costs that are spiralling.
PM backed on cleaner electricity
ANNABEL HEPWORTH, RACHEL BAXENDALECoal mining chief executives have swung behind Malcolm Turnbull’s plan for cleaner coal electricity generation.
Tax and energy top PM’s agenda
PETER VAN ONSELENThe Prime Minister knows that 2017 is a make-or-break year for the government.
Dump ‘would assure our future’
VERITY EDWARDSKimba farmer Jeff Baldock believes a nuclear waste dump would halt the decline of his remote Eyre Peninsula community.
‘I’ve got an open mind’
Rachel BaxendaleMark Butler suggests Labor’s stance on a 50 per cent renewable energy by 2030 target may be softening.
Going off the grid is must-have
Graham LloydPower storage has improved out of sight, and prices are on the way down.
