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title: Energy industry calls on Govt to drop 'Coal-keeper'
description: Energy companies including Tesla have urged the Federal Government to abandon a proposal to financially prop up coal and gas generators.
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# Energy industry calls on Govt to drop 'Coal-keeper'
Wednesday, 25 August 2021
In today’s news, emerging and innovative energy companies – including Tesla – have called on Australian energy ministers and the Energy Security Board to abandon a proposal to financially prop up coal and gas generators.
# Spark Infrastructure’s boss says there are no signs the company’s renewable project pipeline will be “put on ice” following the board’s approval of the $5.2 billion takeover offer.
And a small population of brush-tailed bettongs have been reintroduced to Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, where they have been locally extinct for more than 100 years
# [Tesla, Enphase lead new energy players calling on ministers to drop “coal-keeper”](https://reneweconomy.com.au/tesla-enphase-lead-new-energy-players-calling-on-ministers-to-drop-coal-keeper/)
Leaders of a number of emerging and innovative energy companies – including Tesla – have called on Australian energy ministers and the Energy Security Board to abandon a proposal to financially prop up coal and gas generators.
# [Spark expects renewable projects to go ahead amid $5.2b takeover](https://www.afr.com/companies/energy/spark-earnings-and-profit-drop-backs-5-2bn-takeover-20210824-p58lce)
# Spark Infrastructure’s boss says there are no signs the company’s renewable project pipeline will be “put on ice” following the board’s approval of the $5.2 billion takeover offer by a consortium led by private equity giant Kohlberg Kravis Roberts.
# [Senate committee wants Beetaloo gas grants investigated as Labor refers matter to auditor general](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/aug/25/senate-committee-wants-beetaloo-gas-grants-investigated-as-labor-refers-matter-to-auditor-general)
Empire Energy’s “close financial and personal relationships” with the Liberal party warrant an investigation into the government’s decision to award it $21m in federal gas exploration grants, a Senate inquiry has found.
# [Can wild asses stop bushfires? Sydney scientists unite with Kimberley farmer to stop donkey kill order](https://transition.meltwater.com/paywall/redirect/MGy1mLlOxMlq2HYWooVvUMEqc3U)
For the herd of donkeys on Kachana Station a valley on the remote pastoral lease, nestled in the rugged Durack Range in the Kimberley, is a refuge from a 40-year control program which has seen about 580,000 wild asses culled.
# [Brush-tailed bettongs re-introduced to South Australian mainland after more than a century](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-08-24/brush-tailed-bettongs-re-introduced-to-south-australian-mainland/100399946)
A small population of brush-tailed bettongs have been reintroduced to Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, where they have been locally extinct for more than 100 years.
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