Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) is facing a huge funding cut of $1.2 billion as part of the budget omnibus the Federal Government wants to pass. It is responsible for providing seed funding for innovative renewable energy projects. The latest funding round has just been released. It features substantial seed funding for 12 major solar […]
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ARENA briefly made Australia a world leader in #renewables R&D. #SaveARENA – @takvera
September 12, 2016
Turnbull increases #climate aid for Pacific at Regional leaders meeting reports @takvera
September 11, 2016
Australia’s Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull attended the Pacific Leaders’ meeting forum, and announced a small increase in climate related aid for the region. But this comes after the Abbott Government slashed Australia’s foreign aid budget to extremely low levels in 2014. Related: Pacific pariah: how Australia’s love of coal has left it out in the […]
China, United States ratify #ParisAgreement says @takvera while Australia fumbles in #Auspol
September 4, 2016
On Saturday China agreed to ratify the Paris Agreement according to the Guardian, with members of China’s National People’s Congress Standing Committee adopting “the proposal to review and ratify the Paris Agreement” on Saturday morning. China is the world’s largest greenhouse gas emitter with about 24 percent of total global emissions. The USA is second […]
Photo Gallery: #ReefNotCoal rally in Melbourne – photos by @takvera
September 1, 2016
Environmental organisations including the Australian Conservation Foundation, Australian Youth Climate Coalition, Greenpeace and others organised a rally event in Melbourne to ‘shine a light on the reef’ after Monday’s Federal Court judicial review announcement found that Environment minister Greg Hunt’s approval of the Adani Carmichael coal mine followed the legal process. The Coal from the […]
Permanent #VicGasBan a win for people power, agriculture and #climate reports @takvera
August 30, 2016
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews announced a permanent ban on the exploration and development of all onshore unconventional gas in Victoria, including hydraulic fracturing (‘fracking’) and coal seam gas. Victoria is the first Australian state to ban onshore fracking.
Federal Court: #Adani Carmichael coal mine approval legal reports @takvera
August 29, 2016
The Federal Court has dismissed a challenge by the Australian Conservation Foundation to the approval of the Carmichael coal mine in Queensland’s Galilee Basin. The challenge tested whether the Environment Minister was right to approve the mine without taking into account climate change.
Proving Commonwealth Legal negligence and the #Auspol #climate targets – @takvera
August 22, 2016
A seminar organised by Australian-German Climate and Energy College and the Melbourne Law School with legal academic Tim Baxter presenting on ‘Are Commonwealth climate targets legally negligent? An Australian Urgenda’.
SA gas generators game energy market for $40–60m windfall profit says @takvera #renewables
August 12, 2016
Renewables generation in South Australia has been under heat in some sections of the media (See Judith Sloan Energy price reveals folly of renewables in The Australian) for a spike in wholesale energy prices in June 2016, but a new detailed academic analysis reveals the spike in wholesale prices was due to high gas prices […]
#Climate sceptic and conspiracy theorist Malcolm Roberts elected to #Auspol Senate reports @takvera
August 5, 2016
Welcome to the new Australian senate where Malcolm Roberts, from Pauline Hanson’s One Nation Party was elected the 12th Senator for Queensland with just 77 Primary votes, according to the AEC. As the second candidate on the party group ticket he received ticket votes after Pauline Hanson was elected, and preferences from other parties and […]
Six #Greens16 contests to watch on #ausvotes election night reports @takvera
July 1, 2016
As we watch who might form a majority government, or whether we might have a hung parliament, here are the six seats to watch for the Greens on Saturday night: Melbourne, Batman, Wills, Higgins, Melbourne Ports, and Richmond. Another 6 seats of interest where the Greens vote is substantial but may fall short includes: Gellibrand […]
