A survey of executives in high-emitting industries such as mining and electricity generation suggests they are not engaging with the government's flagship policy to cut greenhouse emissions.
With the right power policies, gas can have a brighter future.
Steven Bradley
The current domestic gas crisis will pass. But if the industry wants to surpass coal and fulfil its role as a 'transition fuel', it should lobby for a carbon price to help it on its way.
As politicians debate the causes of South Australia's power failures, separating fact from rhetoric has become difficult.
Bill Shorten will say that without confidence in the policy environment, investors would never put up the billions of dollars required for energy projects.
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Labor has been criticised for vacillating about about its 50% renewable energy ambition. But its proposed emissions intensity scheme could boost green energy without any hard target at all.
Friday’s post-COAG press conference saw a blunter approach from the assembled first ministers.
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India has pledged to ramp up renewable energy and make its economy more carbon-efficient. And while that will help cut emissions, the main motivation is to give power to the many who still lack access to electricity.
Tasmanian hydro power had a boom couple of years when the carbon price was in place.
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A year after the demise of the carbon tax, we might expect both coal and greenhouse emissions to have bounced back, at the expense of renewables like hydroelectricity. Sure enough, that's what happened.
