Alasdair MacLeod was regularly escaping to the country with his young family when he realised something was going horribly wrong there – and needed a radical solution.
In their own polite way,Professor Ross Garnaut and Rod Sims this week spoke out against the blatant self-interest of our fossil fuel industry.
Cabinet documents reveal the Howard government went close to supporting a carbon price in 2003. They also show why it was killed off.
Australia’s largest business lender has said it is inevitable banks will charge higher interest rates for businesses that aren’t reducing their emissions.
Europe’s new Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism,which will tax the carbon intensity of imports,went live on Sunday.
Australia’s top carbon emitting companies are making progress towards transitioning to net zero emissions,but failing to back up their decarbonisation plans.
But the company says Lloyd’s of London’s exit will not leave it “beleaguered” and that operations are “running like clockwork”.
Australia’s largest miner has warned its carbon emissions will rise in the short term as it seeks to reach its 2050 net zero emissions ambition.
The boss of green hydrogen powerhouse Fortescue Future Industries says the Labor government’s safeguard mechanism is a good starting point in reducing harmful emissions from heavy industry.
Christine Milne,who helped block the 2009 emissions trading scheme,says it’s up to the government to deliver a climate plan that can pass parliament.
With the government’s safeguard mechanism due to kick in from July,the carbon market is bracing for a surge in demand for greenhouse offsets.