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Chris Bowen’s plan is a shot in the arm for clean energy – but a lot has to go right to avoid future blackouts

The renewable energy sector has been big on promise but lately lagging in delivery, particularly with 2030 emission targets just a little more than six years away

The Guardian - AU

The government will underwrite risky investments in renewables – here's why that's a good idea

Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen today announced a scheme to underwrite the risk of investing in new renewable energy generation and storage.

The Conversation

Feds 'supercharge' clean energy build to keep lights on

Clean energy sources will take over from ageing coal power stations under a supercharged federal scheme, but critics say household bills will rise without gas.

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Greens could sink Labor’s gas industry scheme over concerns it supports fossil fuel expansion

Exclusive: Adam Bandt says party cannot endorse $12 a gigajoule price cap due to exemptions allowing new ‘climate bomb’ gasfields

The Guardian - AU

Albanese government to rapidly expand investment scheme for clean energy projects

Officials say intervention is needed for Australian to reach its 2030 renewable energy target as private investment slows

The Guardian - AU

Craig Thomson pleads guilty to COVID fraud

Former Labor MP Craig Thompson pleads guilty to dishonestly receiving $25,000 in COVID grants, and Peter Dutton says passing retrospective legislation that gives the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission more powers proves the government and opposition can work together just fine.

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‘Vulnerable’ Pacific countries must get maximum benefit from ‘loss and damage’ fund, Australian climate minister says

Chris Bowen also says climate disaster fund will need to be bankrolled by broader-than-expected range of countries in speech ahead of Cop28

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Battling on after supposedly ending the climate wars

Australia is positioning itself as a climate leader ahead of a Dubai summit which will judge the lack of progress since the Paris Agreement on global warming.

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Watch again: Australia’s climate change minister speaks on country’s aim to become Renewable Energy Superpower

Watch live as Australia’s climate change minister Chris Bowen speaks on country’s aim to become Renewable Energy Superpower on Tuesday (21 November).

The Independent UK

More support for hydrogen needed to stop Australia lagging on clean energy, Japanese expert warns

Tatsuya Terazawa says Albanese government must also consider carbon capture and storage and small modular nuclear reactors

The Guardian - AU

WA hydrogen production hub funding as milestone reached

Front-end engineering and design has started at a hydrogen production development, as the federal government chips in $70 million to the BP Australia project.

AAP

Liberal Senate hopeful accused of putting politics above facts by opposing Illawarra windfarm

Former NSW cabinet minister Andrew Constance says he will back members of the Coalition Against Offshore Wind if elected

The Guardian - AU

Renewables predicted to avert risk of blackouts as scorching summer looms for Australia

New wind and solar farms will provide about 2,000MW more electricity than was available last summer

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Consultation opens to address risk of 'carbon leakage'

Public consultation has opened as the federal government explores policies to limit so-called carbon leakage, including a carbon border adjustment mechanism.

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The Guardian - AU

How a false claim about wind turbines killing whales is spinning out of control in coastal Australia

Windfarm critics claim projects will harm marine life. Scientists say that’s not backed by credible evidence

The Guardian - AU

Small modular nuclear reactor that was hailed by Coalition as future cancelled due to rising costs

Opposition climate and energy spokesperson had pointed to SMRs as a solution to Australia’s energy needs, but experts raise questions over price tag

Newcastle Herald

Time for new tactics - home owners have done their bit on inflation

'They are bearing the brunt of the inflation challenge.'

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‘Misinformation war’: Inside the Facebook groups fighting against offshore wind farms

The chaotic, boisterous and at-times murky opposition to wind farm projects is a glimpse of what local organising in a culture war looks like.

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The Conversation

Is nuclear the answer to Australia's climate crisis?

This article is part of a series by The Conversation, Getting to Zero, examining Australia’s energy transition.

The Guardian - AU

Guardian Essential poll: most voters don’t believe Australia will meet Labor’s net zero by 2050 target

Almost three-quarters say development of renewables should not ‘come at the expense of local communities’ and half support nuclear energy

The Conversation

Pushing water uphill: Snowy 2.0 was a bad idea from the start. Let's not make the same mistake again

Last night ABC’s Four Corners investigated the problem-plagued Snowy 2.0 pumped hydro power station, focusing on a bogged tunnelling machine, toxic gas and an unexpected volume of sludge.

Newcastle Herald

'Fast becoming a national scandal': Dutton attacks offshore wind proposal

Dutton renews call to reopen consultation on offshore wind proposal.

AAP

Tassie next in line for potential offshore wind bonanza

A local community is being urged to have its say on a potential offshore wind zone in the Bass Strait off Tasmania's north coast.

The Guardian - AU

Australia is already an energy superpower. We should be using that to drive the world towards renewables

The coal and gas we provide internationally makes us powerful – and we waste it being craven to the mining industry

The Guardian - AU

When Peter Dutton claims Labor isn’t horrified enough about Hamas, it doesn’t help anyone

All of this is bad enough without one side of politics misrepresenting the Australian government’s response, making unreasonable demands and trying to score points

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