Yearning for the old woodheap in a winter of confusion
Tony Wright’s column
Opinion

Yearning for the old woodheap in a winter of confusion

In a time of climate change,with coal-fired power on the nose and citizens being urged to ditch gas,the author recalls a vanished,uncomplicated period.

  • byTony Wright

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  • byMiki Perkins
Activists lodge complaint over ANZ climate comments

Activists lodge complaint over ANZ climate comments

Environmental group Market Forces has lodged a complaint with the corporate watchdog alleging ANZ Bank misled its investors in its description of a shareholder resolution on climate change.

  • byClancy Yeates
Slow action on fast chargers could drain enthusiasm for electric vehicle uptake

Slow action on fast chargers could drain enthusiasm for electric vehicle uptake

A slow rollout of fast charging stations could hold Victorians back from shifting to electric vehicles,with some early adopters finding infrastructure has not kept pace.

  • byPatrick Hatch
Gas could make up one-third of Victoria’s climate pollution by 2035:report

Gas could make up one-third of Victoria’s climate pollution by 2035:report

Closing the state’s coal-fired power stations by 2035 will not reduce greenhouse gases enough to meet the state’s ambitious new emissions targets,a new report says.

  • byMiki Perkins
Hydrogen trucks promise a green garbage run you won’t hear coming

Hydrogen trucks promise a green garbage run you won’t hear coming

The makers of Australia’s first locally designed and built hydrogen-powered truck say it will be towing cars and potentially collecting garbage this year.

  • byPatrick Hatch
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EVs will not stop climate change,but we must help motorists make the shift

EVs will not stop climate change,but we must help motorists make the shift

If we simply swap internal combustion vehicles for EVs we’ll have done more to save the car industry than the planet.

  • byClover Moore
Power play:Can the Andrews government make the all-new SEC work?
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Power play:Can the Andrews government make the all-new SEC work?

If you believe the government,the publicly owned renewable energy generator will drive down prices and create tens of thousands of jobs. But how?

  • byJosh Gordon andRoyce Millar
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El Nino,electric vehicles and an end to extinctions? The big climate and environment topics in 2023

How urgently we respond to the climate crisis this decade will be hugely consequential for thousands of years to come. Here’s what Australia needs to do.

  • byMiki Perkins
‘Everyone wants a piece’:Are electric vehicles Australia’s opportunity of a lifetime?

‘Everyone wants a piece’:Are electric vehicles Australia’s opportunity of a lifetime?

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  • byPatrick Hatch andNick Toscano
Shock therapy:Victoria kickstarts revival of its new-look SEC

Shock therapy:Victoria kickstarts revival of its new-look SEC

The government’s promised revival of the state-owned State Energy Commission is underway,with an interim chief appointed to run the organisation.

  • byMiki Perkins