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Australia is pushing to host a Cop meeting – if successful it would be forced to ramp up climate action

Winning the 2024 climate talks could pressure Australia to rejoin the Green Climate Fund, increase its 2035 emissions target, and ditch new coal and gas developments

The Guardian - AU · Sep 18, 2022

Free carbon credits could threaten Australia’s emission reduction targets, Labor’s advisers warn

RepuTex says safeguard mechanism could hand free credits to big industrial polluters and lock in fossil fuel production

The Guardian - AU · Sep 18, 2022

Australia should aim for net zero by 2040, new Climate Change Authority member says

Exclusive: Prof Lesley Hughes, a climate specialist appointed this week, says current target is not good enough

The Guardian - AU · Sep 16, 2022

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Hydrogen powerhouse to lead energy future

One of the world's biggest renewable hydrogen plants will be built in Western Australia's Pilbara as economies move to replace fossil fuels and cut emissions.

AAP · Sep 16, 2022

Emissions standards to drive EV uptake

Australia could become a car manufacturing superpower in the electric age if it takes advantage of the skills and resources available, a Tesla executive says.

AAP · Sep 14, 2022

Labor overhauls Climate Change Authority to counter concerns of excessive business influence

Albanese government appoints three women with environmental backgrounds to board

The Guardian - AU · Sep 13, 2022

Australian parliament passes first climate change legislation in a decade

Labor’s climate bill has passed both houses of parliament with support from the Greens and key crossbench senators

The Guardian - AU · Sep 8, 2022

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Australian Senate backs 43% greenhouse gas reduction by 2030

Australia’s Senate has voted to ensure the government’s elevated target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 43% below 2005 levels by the end of the decade is enshrined in law

The Independent UK · Sep 8, 2022

Clean energy exports at 'lightning speed'

Australia will shoot well beyond an electricity grid powered by 82 per cent renewable energy in its quest to be a clean energy superpower.

AAP · Sep 6, 2022

Barnaby Joyce says Labor has changed the law on fuel emissions standards. Is that correct?

Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce says the government has changed the law on fuel emissions standards. Is that correct? RMIT ABC Fact Check investigates.

ABC News · Sep 6, 2022

Australia urged to ‘pull its weight’ on climate despite praise for Albanese ‘step-up’

Ban Ki-moon and Laurence Tubiana say greater ambition needed as climate bill debated in Senate

The Guardian - AU · Sep 6, 2022

Climate bill set to pass after key crossbencher pledges support

Independent senator David Pocock has agreed to back the Albanese government's pivotal climate bill – but has flagged he might sink future efforts.

The New Daily · Sep 6, 2022

Industry bosses making money from carbon credits say system needs to change

Some of the biggest players profiting from Australia's carbon market speak out for the first time, backing expert analysis saying the system is generating meaningless credits that actually result in Australia's emissions going up.

ABC News · Sep 5, 2022

Data shows rise in Australian emissions

Greenhouse gases increased by 1.5 per cent in the year to March, but Chris Bowen says the country is now on track for emissions reduction.

AAP · Aug 31, 2022

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The Guardian - AU · Aug 28, 2022

Labor is sending mixed messages on energy – and some of it sounds like climate denial

The release of vast new areas along the Australian coast for oil and gas exploration is undermining proclamations about creating a cleaner economy

ABC News · Aug 27, 2022

Snowy Hydro boss Paul Broad says fallout with Chris Bowen contributed to resignation

Paul Broad says he is disappointed to be leaving Snowy Hydro after falling out with Chris Bowen over a gas plant in the NSW Hunter Region.

The Conversation · Aug 23, 2022

The road to new fuel efficiency rules is filled with potholes. Here's how Australia can avoid them

Last week, federal Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen officially put fuel efficiency standards on the national agenda, saying the measure would reduce transport emissions and encourage electric vehicle uptake.

The Guardian - AU · Aug 19, 2022

Electric vehicles: four things that will help Australia shift gears after a ‘decade of denial’

Here’s what we learned from the first national EV summit

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The New Daily · Aug 19, 2022

If Labor is serious about electric vehicles, fixing the fringe-benefits tax is the next step

If Labor were serious about EVs, it would drop the government’s annual billion-dollar subsidy for fossil-fuel cars through the novated lease rort.

AAP · Aug 18, 2022

Nation changing lanes to electric vehicles

The federal government has announced its plan to grow Australia's electric vehicle market and help more people access the low emissions cars.

The Guardian - AU · Aug 18, 2022

Greens signal fresh fight over fossil fuels as Labor revamps safeguard mechanism to cut industrial emissions

Albanese government confident its policy will have bipartisan support, limiting the Greens’ ability to secure any concessions

The Guardian - AU · Aug 17, 2022

Albanese says former PM owes apology to Australian people – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU · Aug 14, 2022

Australia has a steep hill to climb on electric cars – but if ever there was a time, it’s now

Consumers say yes, the numbers add up, industry is largely on board and Labor has no policy hang-ups. This week could be the turning point

The New Daily · Aug 14, 2022

‘We’ve fixed it’: Bowen says of renewables transition but work on details continues

'We've fixed it,' says Chris Bowen, but the government is yet to reach a definitive answer on some of the key details relating to energy transition.

AAP · Aug 14, 2022

New objective to make difference: Bowen

Energy Minister Chris Bowen says new emissions objectives would make a key difference to the nation's energy grid.

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