Climate wars enter the election

When it comes to the vexed issue of climate change, neither the Coalition nor the Labor Party has a great story to tell. But that hasn’t stopped them from claiming they are not as bad as the other side. That campaign kicked off this week with some old-fashioned scare-mongering around power prices by Energy Minister Angus Taylor. In case you missed it, the climate wars have entered the election race.

And just one week into the official campaign, the Coalition has already racked up promises to channel almost $1.3 billion in fresh subsidies to the fossil fuel industry – spending nearly $150 million a day.

It’s no wonder that Australia’s has fallen from 35th to 52nd in a global ranking of how different nations are responding to the global warming crisis, one rank behind the oil giant Saudi Arabia in a group of nations described as “climate laggards”.

Climate wars enter election campaign — and Scott Morrison, Angus Taylor rely on old tactics

If you thought Australia's infamous "climate wars" were staying out of the election campaign, think again. The climate wars have claimed the heads of several prime ministers, and regularly left Australia near the end of international rankings for climate policy.

‘Climate laggards’: Australian isolationism puts us on par with Saudi Arabia

Australia’s “climate change isolationism” has driven a fall from 35th to 52nd in a global ranking of how different nations are responding to the global warming crisis, one rank behind the oil giant Saudi Arabia in a group of nations described as “climate laggards”.

The Coalition-News Corp attack on Labor’s energy policy is all too familiar

Stop me if you think you’ve heard this one before: the Coalition, abetted by News Corp, claims a Labor policy to accelerate the rollout of renewable energy and do more to tackle the climate crisis would trigger a damaging jump in electricity prices.

South Korean financier pauses loan for multi-billion dollar Barossa gas project

Environmentalists and traditional owners in the Northern Territory have claimed a win in their bid to derail one of the biggest recent projects in the nation's oil and gas sector.

Coalition spending on fossil fuel subsidies tops $1.3 billion in first week of campaign

Just one week into the official election campaign, the Coalition has already racked up promises to channel almost $1.3 billion in fresh subsidies to the fossil fuel industry – spending nearly $150 million a day.

Australia Begins Long Road to Retraining Thousands of Coal Workers for Clean Energy Roles

The sudden speed of the shift to clean power is forcing Australia, a global champion of coal and gas, to confront one of the energy industry's biggest challenges — how to transition millions of fossil fuel workers to new roles in wind and solar.