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The federal government has softened its initial renewables-only stance.
In response, Australia must strengthen standards around data security, vehicle safety and battery recycling.
While automobile manufacturing and steel steal the headlines, the critical minerals and energy sector is now coming centre stage in the CUSMA review.
Electric vehicles are a fast-growing share of auto sales in many countries, and Chinese automakers are benefiting as the US industry pulls back.
Ley says the Opposition was negotiating on the environment laws with the government into early Thursday – just before Labor announced a deal with the Greens.
The government finally got through its environmental laws, doing the deal with the Greens, leaving the Liberals hung out to dry.
Sussan Ley at her first address to the National Press Club announced the plans to craft a new energy policy despite the deep divides within her party.
The first Trump administration also used words like ‘transparency,’ ‘reproducibility’ and ‘uncertainty’ − to try to block regulators from using important health studies when writing pollution rules.
Both Labor and the Coalition say their energy policies are the best way to bring household power costs down – but which side is right?
A gas reservation scheme could help to ease supply concerns in Australia, but expanding gas production is a folly.
Offshore wind power brings more than local, clean energy. It provides jobs, encourages innovation and boosts economic growth as supply chains develop.
The climate policy pendulum is swinging back again with Trump in office. Money, lobbying and talking about red vs. blue states all play a role in the political and public divide.
Gas-fired power plants can keep energy reliable and affordable. But they should be used only when absolutely necessary.
Vice President Kamala Harris has strongly supported clean energy investments, while Donald Trump has railed against them. But transformative shifts in the energy landscape already are well underway.
Trump aggressively supported fossil fuels. The Biden-Harris administration focused on replacing them with clean energy. Yet, data show the US oil and gas industries still thrived under both.
If a future Coalition government were to bring nuclear into the mix, energy costs for residential and especially industrial customers would likely increase.
A social tariff, as proposed by the SNP, would mean lower bills for low-income households as well as elderly and disabled people.
The two countries have a history of quarrels on energy, in particular in relation to nuclear power. Yet a recent survey reveals much common ground on which to build future energy partnerships.
Insisting nuclear power is the only way for Australia to achieve net zero by 2050 is a classic move from the playbook of those who oppose urgent action on climate change.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Industry Fellow, Environment and Planning, RMIT University
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Senior Fellow in Energy and Climate Change, Grattan Institute
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Senior Research Associate, University of Johannesburg
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Honorary Associate Professor, Centre for Climate Economics and Policy, Australian National University
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Senior Research Associate, Renewable Energy & Energy Systems Analyst, UNSW
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Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Canberra
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Departmental Visitor, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University
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Professor and Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University
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Lecturer in Energy Storage Systems Dynamics, Lancaster University
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Energy Fellow, Grattan Institute
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Democracy Deputy Program Director, Grattan Institute
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Director, Centre for Climate and Energy Policy, Australian National University
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Visiting Fellow, School of Global Studies, University of Sussex; University of Tartu; Utrecht University
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Professor Emeritus, Macquarie Business School, Macquarie University