Energy
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Communities may be split between those who can pay for ‘higher level’ of energy reliability and those living ‘in the dark’
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Any remaining optimism Australians had for Malcolm Turnbull evaporated this week when once again he proved incapable of acting in the national interest
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But blow for government’s ‘dash for gas’ plans as large plants fail to win subsidies to generate backup power
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An emissions trading scheme is the cheapest way to meet Australia’s climate commitments – which will be news to anyone listening to the Coalition
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Government says it will not support highly polluting method of releasing gas from coal seams
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Jay Weatherill says he will discusss emissions trading with premiers before meeting with prime minister
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Move comes after Energy Transfer Partners was denied a key permit to drill under the Missouri river, and as Standing Rock leader urges protesters to go home
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Prime minister says Josh Frydenberg has to explain himself in wake of climate change policy backdown
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Katharine Murphy on politics What an extraordinary, gutless capitulation by Josh Frydenberg
Katharine Murphy Political editorForget climate policy intricacies – through this pathetic retreat the government has again revealed its true nature -
Energy and environment minister downplays Monday’s comments about a possible scheme for the electricity sector after internal pressure
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Analysts says $1bn loan proposal shows lack of financier interest and Adani may not meet investment criteria due to position that public funding ‘not critical’
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Prime minister calls climate policy reassessment ‘business as usual’ as infighting breaks out in Coalition ranks
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$1bn for the Adani coalmine? Ordinary Australians understand economics better than Turnbull
Ben OquistIf the proposed Adani mine is not viable without public subsidies then the government are backing the wrong horse
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Poll commissioned by the Australia Institute finds 41% oppose funding the link between the coalmine and port in north Queensland while 26% support it
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Anti-fossil fuel campaigners rally against the government’s proposal to lend $1bn to Adani to build a rail line from the planned Carmichael coalmine to the sea
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King Emere was in a London court last week for the case that he hopes will allow him to sue Shell in the UK for polluting his tribal land
Smart cities Will the internet of things sacrifice or save the environment?