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Goodbye, concrete and steel? Why timber towers could be the future

19 Dec 2022

A Melbourne development has joined a push to grow the Australian timber tower movement and reduce the construction industry’s massive environmental footprint, but higher costs and fears of fire risks continue to pose obstacles.

Renewables reach 84% share of world’s biggest isolated grid

15 Dec 2022

The renewable records continue to fall in Western Australia’s South-West Interconnected System – the world’s biggest isolated grid – with the share reaching a new high of 84% on Monday.

Carbon sinks in 'realistic' net zero plan for Australia

13 Dec 2022

As scientists develop advice on Australia's 2035 target, the first stocktake of the nation's carbon sequestration potential has assessed ways to capture and store carbon from the atmosphere to help meet international pledges to cut emissions.

Climate change stokes new norm of extreme Australia weather

12 Dec 2022

Extreme weather events such as bush fires and flooding are set to become the norm in Australia, a new report shows.

Climate change has many Americans reconsidering having children

9 Dec 2022

At a time when the present-day impacts of climate change are unavoidable, millions of Americans are reevaluating whether they want to have children, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll.

New Australian EV tax deals will deliver $20k saving for BYD Atto 3 leases

9 Dec 2022

Australians with an eye to buy one of the country’s most popular electric vehicles (EVs) need to start talking to their boss, as novated leasing and tax deals make BYD’s highly sought after Atto 3 even more attractive.

Lithium-ion battery pack prices rise for first time since 2010, hurting EVs and storage

8 Dec 2022

Cost pressures are finally being felt in lithium-ion battery prices, which have risen for the first time since 2010 and will set back the anticipated price falls of batteries for EVs and energy storage by two years.

Half of Australia’s biggest companies have net-zero emissions plans, but climate action may come too late

6 Dec 2022

About half of Australia’s biggest listed companies have plans to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, new analysis has found.

Parking lots are becoming as important as cars in climate change efforts

5 Dec 2022

It’s not just cars that will be going through energy transition in the years ahead. The parking lots where EVs recharge are a growing focus of construction efforts linked to climate change and carbon reduction.

Bowen says Australia poised to beat 2030 climate target, as emissions plateau

2 Dec 2022

Australia expects to beat its national emissions of a 43% reduction by 2030, despite no decrease in emissions over the past year, according to climate and energy minister Chris Bowen

Australian saltmarshes sequestered 10m tonnes of carbon in 2021

2 Dec 2022

Saltmarsh ecosystems are protecting more than 88,000 homes from storm surges and are sequestering carbon at a rapid rate, according to the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

Australians shun climate-led diet changes

30 Nov 2022

Most Australians are refusing to say goodbye to meat despite a growing concern about climate change.

Victoria votes to end coal and make radical shift to renewables

29 Nov 2022

We are used to hearing crowds chant for their country, and for their heroes: “Aussie, Aussie, Aussie”, “U-S-A, U-S-A,” or “Me-ssi, Me-ssi,” But when was the last time you heard a group of adults chant for a now disbanded public utility?

Rural Aussie properties going off-grid with renewables

28 Nov 2022

When Roxanne and Luke Hinton started planning their finger lime farm on the idyllic Capricorn Coast several years ago, they had little idea it would double as a highly successful off-grid wedding venue in just a few years. The entire operation is operated by solar, with self-sufficient watering systems, sewerage and power.

Climate extremes hitting Australia, more intense weather to come

25 Nov 2022

Global warming is leading to more extreme weather in Australia, like the ongoing flooding in the southeast — and these extremes are happening at an increased pace across the country, per a new climate report.

Coal-driven climate change is becoming a big problem – for coal

25 Nov 2022

Wide-scale floods have plagued eastern Australia throughout 2022. As the climate continues to change – driven to a large extent by the burning of coal – such events can be expected to occur more frequently, significantly impacting unit costs for coal miners.

Aussie Greens rule out hybrids in clean car discount scheme

23 Nov 2022

Australian federal government legislation proposing to exempt a range of low emissions vehicles from the fringe benefits tax looks set to prioritise battery electric vehicles, after a deal was struck between Labor, the Greens and independent senator David Pocock.

NSW plans massive solar and battery virtual power plant across 2,200 public schools

21 Nov 2022

Plans to establish Australia’s largest school-based solar and battery virtual power plant in New South Wales are underway, with the launch of an expression of interest process by the state government.

Australian company to make its entire fleet of 500 utes all electric within five years

18 Nov 2022

Australasian traffic management company Evolution Group plans to make its entire fleet of light utility vehicles (utes) fully electric within five years, with nearly one third of them – mostly the popular Toyota Hilux – to be converted to electric drivetrains.

Aussie pumped hydro project over budget and behind schedule

9 Nov 2022

Snowy Hydro has finally confirmed that the budget for the massive pumped hydro Snowy 2.0 project has blown out to just under $6 billion and is running around 12 months behind schedule.

Australian solar nears 60% of grid generation for first time

8 Nov 2022

The combination of large scale and rooftop solar set new Australian generation records on a sunny and mild spring day on Sunday, at the same time as sending grid demand – and the demand for coal – down to new lows

Australia’s carbon report card smeared in red ink as climate action goes backwards

4 Nov 2022

A global report card has marked Australia’s climate action with swathes of red ink, saying the country has not only increased fossil fuel subsidies but gone backwards on climate-risk disclosure policies.

Torres Strait demands climate compensation but government wont commit ahead of COP27

3 Nov 2022

Australia will face an "inevitable" influx of climate change refugees, the United Nations' (UN) first special rapporteur for human rights and climate change says.

Aussie rooftop solar trumps all fossil fuels as renewables smash more records on main grid

1 Nov 2022

The share of renewable energy in Australia's main grid soared to a new record of 68.7% on Friday, easily beating the previous record of 64.1% set on September 18.

First Australia carbon budget balances climate risks

25 Oct 2022

For the first time, the Australian government must work within a financial budget and a carbon budget. Treasurer Jim Chalmers has confirmed his first budget, due out on Tuesday, will include a major analysis of the impact of climate on Australia's economy.

‘Shocked’: Victoria premier ‘brings back’ electricity commission in state-owned energy plan

21 Oct 2022

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has vowed to “bring back” the government-owned State Electricity Commission of Victoria in a move that will reverse decades-long privatisation of Australia’s energy market.

Carbon credits serve to greenwash business-as-usual and won’t cut emissions: Australia Institute

18 Oct 2022

A focus on carbon credits may serve to hamper Australia’s efforts to reduce its emissions, warn researchers from The Australia Institute.

CSIRO abruptly scraps globally recognised climate forecast programme

17 Oct 2022

Australia’s premier science organisation abruptly scrapped a fully-funded, globally recognised programme to predict the climate in coming years without consulting an advisory panel that had praised its “good progress” only weeks earlier.

Australian government to pledge to reduce methane emissions by 30%

14 Oct 2022

Australia is set to pledge its support to reduce global methane emissions by 30% by 2030.

Energy expert warns Australia against “drinking the Kool-Aid” on renewable hydrogen

13 Oct 2022

Engineer and “electrify everything” advocate Saul Griffith has warned against squandering precious time and money in the fight against climate change by chasing unrealistic goals for renewable hydrogen – including as fuel for heavy transport and in the production of green steel.

Carbon credits key to industrial emissions in Australia

11 Oct 2022

Proposed laws to reward Australia's biggest greenhouse gas emitters for reducing pollution will be introduced to parliament next month to support ambitious national targets.

How to ensure the world’s largest pumped-hydro project isn’t a disaster for the environment

6 Oct 2022

Queensland’s ambitious new plan involves shifting from a coal-dominated electricity grid to 80% renewables within 13 years, using 22 gigawatts of new wind and solar.

WA project looks to produce ‘carbon-neutral gold’ with 13 MW solar, wind, battery hybrid solution

5 Oct 2022

Australian gold miner Bellevue Gold has entered an agreement with distributed energy provider Energy Developments Pty Ltd (EDL) for an off-grid solar, wind and battery hybrid power station for the flagship project it is developing in central Western Australia.

Gas production costs in Queensland's Lake Eyre Basin will be 'staggering', report claims

4 Oct 2022

Gas exploration projects in Queensland's Channel Country will be expensive to produce, generate "significant" carbon emissions and are likely to be abandoned, a report has found.

Energy windfall tax offers much better economic relief than petrol excise, study finds

4 Oct 2022

As pressure mounts on the Albanese government to tax the super profits of oil and gas companies, a new Australian study says this kind of levy would be much more effective in delivering relief from high energy prices than a discount on petrol prices.

Melbourne considering zero-carbon building rules

3 Oct 2022

A recent proposal suggests around 77 of the Melbourne CBD’s buildings would need to be “retrofitted” each year if the city is to meet its net-zero carbon emissions goals for 2040. The paper is being considered by the City of Melbourne’s Future Melbourne Committee this week.

Queensland plans “supergrid” and world’s biggest pumped hydro

29 Sep 2022

The Queensland government’s new 10-year energy and jobs plan includes plans for 22GW of new wind and solar, and 11.5GW of rooftop solar, and also includes a new “super grid” and what it says will be the biggest pumped hydro project in the world.

UN rights body rules Australia failed to protect from climate change

27 Sep 2022

The United Nations Human Rights Committee on September 23 found that the Australian government had violated the rights of Indigenous Torres Strait Islanders by failing to adequately protect them against the adverse impacts of climate change.

Victoria urged to shoot for net-zero by 2034, after 2020 emissions target “smashed”

21 Sep 2022

Victoria is being challenged to shoot for net-zero emissions more than 16 years ahead of schedule – an easy target according to modelling based on new data showing the government has beaten its 2020 target by nearly 10 per cent.

Climate change threatens up to 100% of trees in Australian cities, and most urban species worldwide

21 Sep 2022

A study published today in Nature Climate Change found climate change will put 90-100% of the trees and shrubs planted in Australian capital cities at risk by 2050.

SUVs and utes are overpowering electric cars in Australia’s vehicle emissions results

20 Sep 2022

Australia's surging appetite for large SUVs and diesel utes is countering any improvement in emissions from the growing number of electric cars on roads.

Japanese, Australian firms collaborate on world's tallest timber tower

19 Sep 2022

Construction firms from Japan and Australia have started work on a 182-meter-high skyscraper in central Sydney in a collaboration to build what will be the world's tallest hybrid-timber building using an eco-friendly wood product.

Will the food and livestock industry follow fossil fuels over the market cliff?

19 Sep 2022

We are generally pretty relaxed about this. Anyone miss Nokia? Kodak? Blockbuster Video? But when the drivers for change become politicised, or worse – ideological – an intense process unfolds to resist the market process.

Climate action could cure Australia's cost of living crisis, starting with 100 pct renewables

14 Sep 2022

Investment in climate change initiatives could be a solution to Australia’s cost of living pressures, with a new report subverting a decade’s worth of arguments that action on emissions would hurt back pockets.

Australia finally has new climate laws. Now, let’s properly consider the astounding social cost of carbon

9 Sep 2022

The Conversation | The federal government’s climate change bill passed the Senateon Thursday. Among the mandates in the new Climate Change Act are assessments of the social, employment and economic benefits of climate change policies.

"Meaningless" Aussie carbon credits increasing emissions

7 Sep 2022

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

Can carbon capture and storage help Australia achieve net zero by 2050?

5 Sep 2022

Across Australia, 10 new offshore areas were last week approved for oil and gas exploration, as were permits for two new offshore greenhouse gas storage facilities.

Australia must cut consumption for successful transition to renewables: expert

26 Aug 2022

Energy Consumption – whether its heating your home, driving, oil refining or liquefying natural gas – is responsible for around 82% of Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions

A near 100% renewables grid is well within reach for Australia

25 Aug 2022

There have been many simulations of a 100% renewable electricity grid for Australia, including some ground-breaking studies from Beyond Zero Emissions, The University of New South Wales and the ANU

Flooding wetlands could be the next big carbon capture hack

24 Aug 2022

Arriving at the tidal wetlands of Mungalla Station on the coastline of northern Queensland, ornithologist Simon Kennedy from the not-for-profit BirdLife Australia is greeted by a welcome cacophony. “You start hearing honks and quacks and twitters and noises coming from there,” he says of the area’s diverse and thriving bird populations, “whereas it’s very quiet elsewhere.”