June
Oil industry faces ‘extreme’ $367m annual levy
Oil and gas producers are furious at being slugged with a levy for an abandoned platform, while some opponents want the impost to be made permanent.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
Money grows on trees in Australia’s secret carbon market
A vibrant and growing market for carbon offsets is helping drought-proof farmers and assisting manufacturers and banks meet ever more ambitious goals for net zero emissions.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith and Jacob Greber
Taylor fast-tracks use of green carbon credits
Energy Minister Angus Taylor wants the government to issue carbon credits for a range of new activities, including to marine ecosystems, biomethane, and carbon capture and storage.
- Jacob Greber and Angela Macdonald-Smith
Carbon price carrot, not stick, to hit net zero
Big companies including supermarkets and airlines that have committed to reducing their emissions are driving accelerating demand for carbon credits.
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- Angela Macdonald-Smith and Jacob Greber
- Exclusive
- Pacific diplomacy
Australian business eyes carbon farming in the Pacific
Canberra’s track record as an issuer of high-credibility Australian Carbon Credit Units puts it in the box seat to help Pacific nations develop carbon markets.
- Jacob Greber
‘Double-counting’ doubts cloud Santos CCS project
Santos has rejected claims that it is set to ‘double-count’ emissions reductions that would be made through its carbon capture and storage venture in South Australia.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Exclusive
- Emissions
NatureCo to tap demand for trusted carbon offsets
A push by corporates to avoid accusations of greenwashing by backing fully verified carbon offset projects has helped drive the launch next week of NatureCo.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Analysis
- Emissions
Net zero or bust: gas sector’s critical moment
With funding getting choked off, Australia’s natural gas industry faces a mammoth task to show it is part of a net zero emissions future.
- Angela Macdonald-Smith
- Opinion
- Emissions
Australia can become a carbon storage superpower
Decarbonisation is not a threat, but an opportunity to establish a global carbon offsets export industry as part of the future development of our oil and gas resources, says Santos CEO Kevin Gallagher.
- Kevin Gallagher
- Exclusive
- Climate policy
Catherine Brenner backs carbon risk start-up Emmi
Company director Catherine Brenner is backing a new start-up that wants its method of scoring companies’ carbon risk to become as ubiquitous as credit ratings.
- James Thomson
Aurizon confident insurers won’t cut it off over thermal coal link
The rail operator is optimistic about retaining cover, as questions emerge about its forecasting.
- Liam Walsh
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
How to fix carbon confusion
A small Australian company is helping to lead the way towards a trusted and standardised approach to trading carbon offsets.
- Tony Boyd
Global bankers warn Australian investors on carbon risk
The world’s biggest central banks risk creating a ‘dog’s breakfast’ of global climate disclosure rules unless Canberra engages more aggressively with the rest of the world, say investors.
- Jacob Greber
May
- Opinion
- Climate policy
Carbon capture is a gift horse for Australia
After wool, coal, and iron ore, the storing of carbon could be Australia’s next big opportunity in the global economy.
- Craig Emerson
We are the Blackstone/Goldman Sachs of climate: Pollination pitch
Meet the Blackstone/Goldman Sachs of economic decarbonisation and nature transformation.Â
- Sarah Thompson, Anthony Macdonald and Tim Boyd
Carbon border taxes mostly unnecessary, climate guru says
Influential climate economist Nicholas Stern says any EU or US carbon tariffs should be limited to a handful of sectors such as steel.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Australia to launch a carbon exchange
The Clean Energy Regulator wants to set up an exchange where offsets can be quickly traded and reconciled.Â
- Elouise Fowler
April
Morrison government on the hard road to net zero by 2050
Australia is on track to meet its carbon reduction target of 26 to 28 per cent by 2030, but the goal of net zero emissions by 2050 will be harder to achieve.
- Mark Ludlow
How a US carbon border tax could hurt Australian exports
Goods exported directly to the United States might not be that badly affected by a border tariff – the real hit would come via exports to China.
- Matthew Cranston
Poland nationalises coal mines as climate pressure gathers steam
Investor aversion, a doubling in the cost of EU carbon permits, and Joe Biden’s imminent environment summit have forced fossil fuel-dependent Poland into action.
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- Hans van Leeuwen
