Energy Smart
Carbon pricing spurs business on
Adam Morton Businesses directly affected take steps to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, according to a survey of senior executives.
Coal hard light of day for dud scheme
LENORE TAYLOR Kevin Rudd's decision to spend hundreds of millions of dollars on technology to capture and store carbon has failed to deliver.
All steamed up: drycleaners search for an invisible mend
Rebecca Sullivan The next time you take your clothes to the drycleaners you might have to pay a little extra.
Regulator could have halved 18% rise with more power
Brian Robins HOUSEHOLD electricity prices could be cut as much as 10 per cent if the state government gave the pricing regulator IPART a freer hand in setting prices.
Switch off and pull on a cardy to cut the bills
Nicole Hasham WHEN winter descends, Dianne Moy pulls out more than jackets and scarves - she ''dresses'' her Newtown house by hanging heavy curtains and plugging draughts with door snakes.
China emissions queried
Adam Morton China could be emitting 20 per cent more carbon dioxide each year than previously thought, according to a study that raises doubts about the accuracy of data from the world's biggest greenhouse polluter.
Almighty stench brews as super garbage tip approved
Nicole Hasham SUBURBS across Sydney have been shortlisted to house rubbish transfer depots handling thousands of tonnes of garbage a year after a super-tip in the state's south won approval to triple the volume of waste it receives.
$450m solar project for outback NSW
One of Australia's largest solar projects is to be built in NSW after AGL Energy and PV manufacturer First Solar were awarded a $130 million grant from the federal government.
Dumped: Rio's odious garbage mountain reborn as new energy source
ONE of the world's largest open-air landfills, a vast, seaside mountain of trash where thousands of people have made a living sorting through the debris by hand, is closing this weekend after 34 years in putrid service.
Carbon tax is blamed as axe falls on smelter
David Wroe, Brian Robins AS MANY as 500 jobs are expected to be lost with the closure of one of the state's two aluminium smelters as a result of the strong dollar, weak metal prices and the prospect of higher power prices.
Australian companies get first shot at green energy cash
David Wroe Australian companies will be guaranteed the chance to pitch for business flowing from the Gillard government's $10 billion clean energy fund that Labor will announce today.
Call for guide over land use disputes
Tom Arup The Baillieu government has been urged to roll out measures to better manage the simmering tensions between miners, farmers and environmentalists over the best use of land.
Solar panel incentives at risk
Tom Arup Victorian incentives for households to install rooftop solar panels would be slashed under a shake-up proposed by the state government's productivity adviser.
Greenpeace members arrested in Apple 'cloud' demo
Glenn Chapman Two Greenpeace activists have been arrested after being pried from a giant iPod in front of Apple's headquarters during a protest against using dirty energy to power data centres.
Former Labor minister slams Gillard's green building move
David Wroe A FORMER state Labor minister has launched a blistering attack on the Gillard government's green credentials, accusing it of ''breaking its key election promise'' by scrapping $1 billion in green building tax breaks.
Future now looks grim for Kurnell
Brian Robins, Esther Han CALTEX has moved a step closer to closing the Kurnell oil refinery, which would leave Sydney without any refining capacity after Shell had decided to close its Clyde refinery.
Palmer project under pressure after $40b purchase contract cancelled
Stuart Washington, Tom Allard PLANS by the billionaire Clive Palmer to dig one of the world's biggest coalmines have been rocked by the cancellation of a contract to buy half the output.
Unions put heat on PM over Latrobe Valley jobs
Tom Arup A coalition of unions is pressuring the federal government and energy companies to ensure a raft of protections for Latrobe Valley workers in the event of coal-fired power plants being shut down after the introduction of the carbon price.
Increase in power bill, warns retailer
PADDY MANNING AUSTRALIA is likely to overshoot its ''20 per cent by 2020'' renewable energy target by about 6 per cent according to Origin Energy, potentially adding to rising electricity costs.