Carbon Economy

New research from Roy Morgan shows that nearly one-third (32.3%) of Australian households now have solar systems installed, with the share more than doubling from 14% in 2018.

Alan Kohler gave an excellent explainer (video below) on Australia’s legislated emissions reduction targets, and the difficulty in meeting them.

Willy Lam is one of the best China watchers I know of.

According to markets, coal is in a new super-cycle with prices far above anything ever seen before.

Eurostoxx futures have slumped in early Asian trade as weekend news of the shutting of the gas pipeline from Ruzzia to Europe has ignited the energy crisis.

Climate Minister Chris Bowen has attacked the former Morrison Government after Australia’s emissions rose by 1.5% in the year to March.

A new report by The Australia Institute (TAI) think tank claims Australia would have saved $5.9 billion in fuel costs over the past six years had it adopted fuel efficiency standards in 2015.

Earlier this month, Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) CEO Kelly O’Shanassy called on the Greens to support legislation enshrining the federal government’s 2030 43% emissions reduction target in law.

The latest State of the Environment (SoE) report has been released and shows a nation both roasting and choking under the strains of relentless immigration-driven population growth: Most of Australia’s 8 major cities are growing at rates faster than many developed cities internationally.

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek will release the latest State of the Environment report at the National Press Club on 19 July, with the report being a five-yearly accounting to Parliament of the health of the environment.

Australian Conservation Foundation (ACF) CEO Kelly O’Shanassy says the “climate wars” must end, and has urged the Greens to support legislation enshrining the federal government’s 2030 emissions reduction target in law.

What’s really going on in the oil market in the wake of the failed invasion of Ukraine by Russia that has jolted energy prices around the world?

The Grattan Institute has released a new report warning of risks to Australia’s social fabric if the transition to a net zero economy is not well managed, with ten of thousands of coal-mining jobs tipped to disappear over coming decades.

The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) has confirmed that a host of rainfall records have been smashed across NSW and Queensland so far this year, and warned that heavy rains could continue for months as La Niña conditions could persist for a rare third straight year.

Anybody hoping for sensible policies from our teal independents should be taken aback by Independent Teal for Wentworth, Allegra Spender, who penned a contradictory article in The AFR preaching environmental “sustainability” while simultaneously calling for a big increase in immigration: Government must provide a clear pathway to sustainability.

Labor MP Chris Bowen, who is likely to be the new Climate Change and Energy Minister, has indicated that Labor will stick to the climate policies that it took to the federal election.

This is what happens when a corrupt government sponsors a gas cartel to capture your energy reserves: A fourfold increase in gas prices has inflicted huge losses on a Riverina-based manufacturer in NSW and may force the company to temporarily close its doors within months if there is no relief.

She’ll be right.

This is such a bad analysis that I don’t know where to look: Outages at coal fired power stations have pushed up gas prices on the east coast of Australia spiked, sending wholesale electricity prices surging across the National Electricity Market.