Australia in clean car traffic jam
Tuesday, 9 August 2022
Australia’s decade of climate policy inaction has pushed the nation to the end of the electric vehicle global supply chain, leaving a shortage of affordable clean cars and a lack of charging points that will set back the transition from petrol vehicles for years.
Cave-dwelling weevils and an ant that babysits caterpillars are among more than 130 new species that have just been classified by the CSIRO.
And the US Senate has passed legislation containing US$369 billion in spending to subsidise the deployment of clean energy and electric vehicles and other measures to combat climate change.
Nation in clean car traffic jam after decade of delay
Australia’s decade of climate policy inaction has pushed the nation to the end of the electric vehicle global supply chain, leaving a shortage of affordable clean cars and a lack of charging points that will set back the transition from petrol vehicles for years.
AGL signs Japanese partners, expands Hunter hub plans
AGL Energy and Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue Future Industries have lured a string of high-profile partners for a planned hydrogen hub in NSW coal country – up to double the original size – as the power giant strives to develop new green sources of growth.
The CSIRO has released details of more than 136 new species of animals and three plants identified in the past year. The new species include four fish, 117 insects, 11 jumping spiders, three plants, a frog, a millipede, an earthworm, and a marine trematode — a parasitic flatworm.
Coal failures cripple EnergyAustralia, but future hope lies in storage projects
EnergyAustralia, one of the country’s big three utilities, has reported a dramatic hit to its earnings and a $1 billion cash injection from its parent because of problems at its two remaining coal generators, but says its future hopes lie in its suite of new battery and pumped hydro projects.
'A long time coming': Al Gore celebrates Senate passage of climate bill
The Senate’s approval of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) on Sunday marks the first time the body has ever passed any significant measures to address climate change.
The sighting of a southern right whale and her calf along the NSW far south coast has excited locals, photographers and marine experts alike as the whale watching season in the region kicks off.