Turnbull energy policy 'remarkably similar' to intensity scheme, Kim Carr says.
Energy
Labor’s industry spokesman warns Neg does not do enough to reduce prices in the short term but signals possible cooperation
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Kim Carr says the Coalition’s...
Malcolm Turnbull's national energy guarantee plan masks a carbon price.
The Turnbull government's new national energy guarantee could introduce a de facto carbon price, measuring the cost of emissions for the first time since the...
EU Council Fails to Confront Fossil Fuel Lobbying Ahead of International Climate Negotiations
Europe's environment ministers omitted any mention of stopping vested interests participating in global climate negotiations in a formal statement released in advance of next...
Hurricane Ophelia Hit Ireland Days After Minister Lobbied to Weaken Climate Commitments
Hurricane Ophelia hit Ireland earlier this week, leaving three people dead, some 170,000 people without electricity, and water supplies for over one third of...
Jobs bonanza? The Adani project is more like a railway to nowhere.
Carmichael coalmine
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John Quiggin
The Carmichael coal mine was once pitched as a choice between jobs and the environment. So where are the jobs?
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‘The construction of...
How to Use Brexit to Stop Companies Suing Governments and Lowering Environmental Standards
Across the world, secretive courts are lowering environmental standards and awarding polluting companies billions of dollars of compensation taken out of the taxpayer’s pocket....
Even China is tackling climate change, while US takes a back seat.
Less than a decade ago, China appeared to be the biggest barrier to tackling global environmental issues like climate change, steadfastly refusing to compromise...
Trump says he ended the ‘war’ on coal companies. But it’s too late to...
Even as he offers them new opportunities, executives are quietly saying ‘no thanks.’
By Adam Federman,
It was depicted by energy executives and conservatives as a...
Undoing the Clean Power Plan.
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