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Andrew Bragg
Coalition cooks up tax write-offs for ditching gas to end party ‘climate wars’
Liberal moderate Andrew Bragg has been given free rein to map out the opposition’s energy policy – but some in the party argue that nuclear power should still be an option.
- by Paul Sakkal
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Is nuclear power a viable clean energy option?
At the COP28 climate talks in Dubai there was a push by some to use nuclear power as a clean energy option, but critics say it’s too expensive and will take too long to build to make a difference in reducing carbon emissions.
- by Nick O'Malley and Mike Foley
Renewables cheaper than nuclear, coal now and into the future: CSIRO
The nation’s top science agency concludes that fossil fuels and emerging nuclear technology cannot produce electricity as cheaply as wind and solar farms.
- by Mike Foley
Opinion
Israeli-Palestinian conflict
The global economy already had a big problem. It just got much worse
The attacks in the Red Sea have threatened to throttle a vital part of the global economy that is already under pressure.
- by Stephen Bartholomeusz
Analysis
Renewables
Future planning: Is this the year petrol will disappear from WA?
A close look at the WA government’s new 40-page emissions reductions strategy has found some bold predictions of what the state could look like in 26 years’ time.
- by Hamish Hastie
Heat on electricity grid as coal exits faster than forecast
The agency tasked with keeping the lights on says coal power stations will shut down quicker than their owners are expecting.
- by Mike Foley
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Climate crisis
‘Let’s talk about Meg’: Woodside wants Twiggy’s Meg O’Neill remarks condemned
The WA mining billionaire fired a broadside directly at Woodside chief executive Meg O’Neill and her history as an ExxonMobil executive.
- by Hamish Hastie
Chalmers pushes super funds to pump hundreds of billions into energy, defence
The Albanese government is assembling the country’s “most influential investors and philanthropists” to help bankroll some of its most high-profile initiatives.
- by Mike Foley
Carbon price ‘must rise’ to realise Australia’s green export dreams
The Albanese government’s goal to become a green energy superpower will hinge on developing a local hydrogen industry before it exports to the world.
- by Mike Foley
Energy giant AGL confident of avoiding summer power outages
The energy producer is fast-tracking preventative maintenance on its fleet of coal, gas and hydro generators ahead of an expected long, hot summer.
- by Simon Johanson
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Climate policy
Crossbench MPs take aim at ‘ornamental’ laws
The Minns government may need to accept amendments to pass its net zero emissions bill after crossbench MPs raised concerns the legislation is not strong enough.
- by Michael McGowan