by Damian Carrington ‘Shocking’ revelation finds $5.3tn subsidy estimate for 2015 is greater than the total health spending of all the world’s governments Fossil fuel companies are benefitting from global…
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By Sophie Vorrath on 14 May 2015 Australia could reach 100 per cent renewables as early as 2040 by adding 1.9GW of solar PV and 1.9GW of wind power capacity…
By Sophie Vorrath & Giles Parkinson on 13 May 2015 Federal climate spokesman, Mark Butler, has flagged there could be a swift resolution to the latest digression in Renewable Energy…
By Sophie Vorrath on 12 May 2015 Victoria’s energy minister has signalled that emerging battery technologies will be a focus of the Labor government’s effort to boost the state’s share…
By Giles Parkinson on 12 May 2015 The Australian renewable energy industry finds itself back at square one after Labor said there would be no deal on a reduced renewable…
By Giles Parkinson on 8 May 2015 Coalition and Labor agree on a big cut to renewables target, but they have not put an end to the policy bastardry that has…
By Giles Parkinson on 6 May 2015 The head of the United Nation’s body charged with forging a global agreement on addressing climate change has urged Australia to show leadership,…
By Giles Parkinson & Sophie Vorrath on 5 May 2015 Australia is going backwards in climate policies and is being accused of deliberately throttling the renewable industry. This, as pressure…
By Sophie Vorrath & Giles Parkinson on 5 May 2015 Australia’s states and territories have vowed to work together to unblock the nation’s large-scale renewables market, at a joint meeting…
The ALP considers the gap between its negotiating position on the RET and that of the Coalition to be too big to overcome. Attempts to strike a bipartisan deal on…
