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title: Federal Government reveals new fuel efficiency standards
description: The Albanese government has unveiled its long-awaited plan for fuel efficiency standards for new cars.
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# Federal Government reveals new fuel efficiency standards
Monday, 5 February 2024
[Fuel efficiency standards: Labor unveils proposal, highlighting petrol savings of $1,000 a year for motorists](https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/feb/04/fuel-efficiency-standards-labor-unveils-proposal-highlighting-petrol-savings-of-1000-a-year-for-motorists)
The Albanese government has unveiled its long-awaited plan for fuel efficiency standards for new cars while highlighting potential savings of $1,000 a year and predicting a Coalition-led scare campaign. The proposed model, announced on Sunday, would place a yearly cap on the emissions output for new cars sold in Australia to incentivise carmakers to supply low- and zero-emissions vehicles and penalise companies that do not.
[An Executive Summary](https://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2024/february/polly-hemming/executive-summary#mtr)“Labor’s pledge to depoliticise the public service is undermined by the government only hearing what it wants to hear on climate change. The legacy left by Coalition governments is shameful, but future cabinet documents will show Labor governments and their departmental facilitators are far from innocent,” by Polly Hemming.
[Pacific Islands' woes worsen amid worries over climate](https://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202402/02/WS65bc4abca3104efcbdae949d.html)
For people in Tuvalu and other Pacific Island nations, retaining their homeland or searching for new homes are becoming big questions as constant seawater rises threaten to submerge their countries in coming decades.
[Phillip Island's little penguin colony passes 40,000 as climate change leads to more mating](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02-01/little-penguin-colony-growing-as-climate-changes-victoria/103414498)
Polyamorous little penguins living on Phillip Island, off Australia's southern coast, are having so much sex there are now more than 40,000 of them — and it is all thanks to climate change. As sea surface temperatures have increased, so too has the number of fish swimming in the surrounding coastal waters, allowing the penguins more time to mate.
[Critics fear change of logging law will further endanger greater gliders](https://www.smh.com.au/environment/conservation/critics-fear-change-of-logging-law-will-further-endanger-greater-gliders-20240202-p5f20k.html)
Loggers for the NSW state government Forestry Corporation will no longer be required to search for endangered greater gliders and their den trees in known habitat areas, under changes to NSW Environment Protection Authority protocols.
[Can animals evolve fast enough to keep up with climate change?](https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/science-environment/2024/02/can-animals-evolve-fast-enough-to-keep-up-with-climate-change/)
The world is always changing, leaving plants and animals everywhere to adapt to new habitats and living conditions. Evolution offers a pathway for life to adapt to these changes, but it takes time. So as human-caused climate change increases the rate at which the environment is changing, the big question is, can evolution keep up?
[Why don’t people care about Australia’s native rodents? The problem could be their ugly names](https://theconversation.com/why-dont-people-care-about-australias-native-rodents-the-problem-could-be-their-ugly-names-219608)
Sadly, native rats and mice don’t usually evoke sympathy among the Australian public. The unappealing common names for the species – such as swamp rat or long-haired rat – do little to help the problem.Public sentiment towards an animal matters.
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