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title: Senate committee says renewable fund shouldn't support coal
description: A Senate oversight committee said that plans to allow the Australian Renewable Energy Agency to fund non-renewable technologies should be scrapped
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# Senate committee says renewable fund shouldn't support coal
Friday, 1 October 2021
A Senate oversight committee could dash the Morrison Government’s hopes to gifting more taxpayer money to the fossil fuel industry. The Liberal-controlled committee said that plans to allow the Australian Renewable Energy Agency to fund non-renewable technologies, including carbon capture and storage, should be scrapped.
Electricity produced by a remote coal power station that Clive Palmer is proposing to build in Queensland would be four times more costly than the current market price, a study shows.
And Norway's state-owned coal company will close its last mine in the Arctic Svalbard archipelago in 2023.
[Liberal-controlled oversight committee says Morrison Government’s ARENA changes should be cancelled](https://reneweconomy.com.au/liberal-controlled-oversight-committee-says-taylors-arena-changes-should-be-cancelled/)
An influential Senate oversight committee has recommended that controversial regulations that open up the Australian Renewable Energy Agency to fund a range of non-renewable technologies – including carbon capture and storage – be scrapped.
[Electricity from Clive Palmer’s coal power station would cost four times current price, report says](https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/electricity-from-clive-palmers-coal-power-station-would-cost-four-times-current-price-report-says/ar-AAOZ6DD)
Electricity produced by Clive Palmer’s remote coal power station would be four times more costly than the current market price, an analysis commissioned by conservation groups claims.
[Former director-general of NSW Department of Planning criticises coal mine assessment process](https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-10-01/fmr-planning-department-boss-says-coal-mine-assessments-lack-tra/100501542)
A former director-general of the New South Wales Department of Planning says the current framework for assessing coal mines lacks transparency.
[Norway to close its last Arctic coal mine in 2023](https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/us/norway-to-close-its-last-arctic-coal-mine-in-2023/ar-AAOZG7S)
Norway's state-owned coal company will close its last mine in the Arctic Svalbard archipelago in 2023, it said on Thursday, causing the loss of 80 jobs and ending 120 years of exploitation.
[Keep up climate pressure, UN chief tells youth](https://au.news.yahoo.com/keep-climate-pressure-un-chief-092155122.html)
UN chief Antonio Guterres urged young people on Thursday to keep up their pressure on world leaders, praising them for "setting a powerful example" ahead of a vital climate summit next month.
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