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.
Hazelwood,in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley,is the first retired coal-fired power station to host a large-scale battery in Australia. But are we building them fast enough?
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.
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.
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.
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.
If we simply swap internal combustion vehicles for EVs we’ll have done more to save the car industry than the planet.
If you believe the government,the publicly owned renewable energy generator will drive down prices and create tens of thousands of jobs. But how?
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.
Australia’s wealth of raw materials used for batteries puts it in a unique position in the electric vehicle revolution. But time is running out to capture an even greater part of the value chain,such as manufacturing battery cells or even the cars of the future.
The government’s promised revival of the state-owned State Energy Commission is underway,with an interim chief appointed to run the organisation.