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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

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

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

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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

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

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

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

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Chris Bowen says Kurri gas project will proceed

The controversial $1.3billion Hunter Power Project at Kurri will go ahead as planned, Paterson MP Meryl Swanson said.

Newcastle Herald

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

The Guardian - AU

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.

ABC News

The public must be told why Paul Broad has resigned from Snowy Hydro to government silence

Paul Broad and Labor's hydrogen plan

Newcastle Herald

Snowy Hydro chief Paul Broad resigns over Kurri power plant vision

Snowy Hydro chief executive Paul Broad has sensationally resigned following a falling out with energy minister Chris Bowen over the government's vision for the $1.3billion Hunter Power Project.

Newcastle Herald

Snowy Hydro chief executive resigns over Kurri gas plant

It is understood Mr Broad recently expressed his doubts about the viability of introducing green hydrogen into the project to the minister.

Newcastle Herald

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.

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Newcastle Herald

It's a gas - Kurri green hydrogen vision still a way off

The federal government has backed away from a promise that 30 per cent green hydrogen will be used to fuel the Hunter Power Project at Kurri when it begins operating late next year.

The Guardian - AU

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

The New Daily

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.

The Canberra Times

ACT charging network kicks off as heavy-hitters gather at EV summit

Mike Cannon-Brookes has urged greater speed on tough vehicle emission standards

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AAP

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

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

Newcastle Herald

Labor starts talks on major plank of emission cuts plan

The government has started consultation on an overhaul of the scheme designed to slash emissions at the nation's highest-polluting facilities

The Guardian - AU

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

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The Guardian - AU

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

‘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

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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