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Radioactive secrets. Fight to hide AUKUS nuclear waste sites gets absurd
by Rex Patrick | Mar 11, 2025 | in Michael West Media: Government, Latest Posts Where to store nuclear waste from AUKUS submarines is a decision which will impact us for millennia, but they are going to extraordinary lengths to hide it from the public. Rex Patrick reports. Somewhere deep inside a locked government filing…
Read More“We haven’t been very good at doing it.” Garnaut says oligopolies in way of green superpower dreams
Poppy Johnston Mar 11, 2025 CLIMATE, COMMENTARY in Renew Economy There’s no shortage of enthusiasm for Australia’s potential as a zero-carbon export superpower, but leading economist Ross Garnaut worries industry transformation is not happening fast enough. “Knowledge of the opportunity has been expanding,” Professor Garnaut told the audience at Climate Action Week Sydney’s opening-day event.…
Read MoreGrow the Pie
Image: https://dashdevs.com/blog/top-10-fintech-companies-that-worship-sustainability-social-change/ Improving corporate sustainability with new financial sustainability-focused products Alexander Kontoleon Opinion Piece in The Digital Economist Today, the world faces the need for and desire for meaningful economic change: retooling the world economy to embrace sustainability, environmentalism, and biodiversity as essential components of all modern economic systems. New financial products that are sustainability-focused…
Read MoreCommunity groups furious Coalition nuclear plan would go ahead even if locals oppose it AND Forget nuclear, Australia is on fast lane to 100pc renewables!
Critics of policy say residents should be ‘very angry’ they will not be able to veto generators in their towns despite promise to consult them Port Augusta is one of the sites proposed in the Coalition’s nuclear power plant plan. Opponents of the plan say it’s ‘probably the most stupid place to put a nuclear…
Read MoreRevealed: nearly 2m hectares of koala habitat bulldozed since 2011 – despite political promises to protect species
a Sampling locations for the 111 koala samples included in the current study with each site representing a different colour outlined in the legend, the spread of Greater Sydney, Australia represented by the dark grey area, and the country of Australia as an inset with a red rectangle indicating the study area for context; b…
Read MoreDecarbonization improves energy security for most countries
Fig. 4: Global and regional changes in trade risks (TRI=trade risk index) to energy security due to changes in renewable energy, trade, material intensity and recycling rates. from Jing Cheng, Dan Tong, Hongyan Zhao, Ruochong Xu, Yue Qin, Qiang Zhang, Karan Bhuwalka, Ken Caldeira, Steven J. Davis. Trade risks to energy security in net-zero emissions…
Read MoreAustralia’s great gas giveaway
from The Australia Institute Around 80% of Australia’s gas is exported as liquefied natural gas (LNG), the gas industry pays ZERO royalties on more than half the gas exported. Australia has an abundance of gas. In fact, Australia is one of the biggest exporters of gas in the world, alongside Qatar. Australia Institute research shows…
Read MoreCoalition nuclear plan will plough $58bn wrecking ball through renewable energy projects, analysis warns
Going nuclear will cost ‘real dollars for farmers, real dollars for country towns and real blue-collar jobs’, Clean Energy Council says Adam Morton Climate and environment editor Thu 10 Apr 2025 The Guardian A Coalition proposal to limit the rollout of renewable energy could stop at least $58bn of private investment in new developments and…
Read MoreAll of us have many pathways to climate action
by Christina (Tina) Swanson, Ph.D. MARCH 26, 2025 Project Drawdown A recent conversation with a friend got me thinking another way about the “who” and the “how” of climate action. My friend is deeply concerned about climate change and has already taken actions to reduce her own emissions, including installing rooftop solar panels and switching…
Read MoreAustralia’s regions face ‘social licence’ balancing act as 2030 renewable energy targets come closer
By Adam Holmes abc news Stanley farmer Robert Smith looks over the land that was previously proposed for a wind farm, but which he campaigned to defeat. (ABC News: Mackenzie Heard) In short: Australia’s current target is for 82 per cent of electricity to be generated by renewables by 2030, but, on current trends, it’s…
Read MoreGlobal Governance Just Won Big — As The U.S. Left The Room
As it happened – how the vote went at the International Maritime Organisation. Image from @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social On April 11, 2025, the world achieved something rare: a legally binding global climate agreement. The United States didn’t vote—they walked out, warning others to follow or face consequences. But 63 nations stayed. And they passed the deal. That’s…
Read MoreAllegra Spender urges ‘permanent’ power bill relief, with electricity and fuel subsidies due to expire
Zero-interest loan scheme for efficient appliances that could “permanently” cut the power bills of hundreds of thousands of households Exclusive by political reporter Jake Evans in abc news Allegra Spender says the Coalition must provide more detail on its gas reservation plan, which will influence her thinking in a hung parliament scenario. (ABC News: Matt…
Read MoreCoalition and Labor agree on bill busting benefits of electrification, and kicking gas out of homes
Sophie Vorrath & Rachel Williamson in Renew Economy Apr 2, 2025 ELECTRIFICATION, FEATURED, POLICY & PLANNING Key Takeaways Victoria’s Labor government announced plans to ban gas network connections in new homes as part of its Gas Substitution Roadmap policy. The federal Senate inquiry into residential electrification found that households could save money by switching from…
Read MoreClimate crisis on track to destroy capitalism, warns top insurer
Action urgently needed to save the conditions under which markets – and civilisation itself – can operate, says senior Allianz figure Damian CarringtonEnvironment editor the Giardian Thu 3 Apr 2025 The climate crisis is on track to destroy capitalism, a top insurer has warned, with the vast cost of extreme weather impacts leaving the financial…
Read MoreIs the AI juice worth the carbon squeeze?
Image source: Deloitte Data centers’ thirst for energy looms as the next big climate provocation By Mark Harris in Anthropocene When the laptop company Compaq popularized the term “cloud computing” in the 1990s, it did the tech industry a cumulonimbus-sized favor. Clouds are nebulous and ethereal, mere wisps in an infinite sky. Data centers are…
Read MoreHosting the UN climate summit is far from ‘madness’ – here’s how Australia stands to benefit
Wesley Morgan March 31, 2025 in The Conversation Research Associate, Institute for Climate Risk and Response, UNSW Sydney Opposition Leader Peter Dutton would withdraw Australia’s bid to co-host next year’s global climate summit if the Coalition wins the federal election. Australia has lobbied hard for the right to host the talks, known as COP31, in…
Read MoreCan the oceans help in slowing climate change?
New experiments suggest that the ocean could hold the key to slowing down climate change. Marine carbon dioxide removal has been tested in waters from North America to New Zealand, but as Veronica Lenard reports, the full potential of the technology is not yet clear. SBS podcast Listen to Australian and world news and follow…
Read MoreA quiet shift: The grid is being redefined by household consumers who no longer need it full time
Geoff Eldridge in Renew Economy Mar 27, 2025 Australia’s energy system is often framed through generation mix, investment levels, or large-scale reform. But a quieter change is unfolding — not through policy, but household behaviour. With rising adoption of rooftop solar, batteries, and electric vehicles, households are gradually altering their relationship with the grid. This…
Read MoreInteractive guide to electorates in the 2025 Australian election: from safe to marginal
Familiarise yourself with the state of play ahead of the election with the Guardian data-driven electorate guide See all Guardian Australian election 2025 coverage Andy Ball, Josh Nicholas and Nick Evershed Fri 28 Mar 2025 Electorates to watch Bennelong Labor narrowly won Bennelong in 2022, but boundary changes have made it notionally a Liberal marginal. One…
Read MoreHere’s how low- and middle-income countries will be the leaders of a better, more sustainable future
by Ruthie Burrows, Ph.D. MARCH 21, 2025 in Project Drawdown Climate change is affecting communities around the world, threatening human health and well-being. However, neither the impacts of climate change nor its causes are equally distributed across populations. High-income countries bear the primary responsibility for climate change. In 2023, China, the United States, India, and…
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