When it comes to the transition from coal and gas to clean energy, the Morrison Government has shown its priority is protecting the big polluters in the fossil fuel industry from market forces rather than protecting Australians from the impacts of climate change. 

The media continues to churn out reams of copy on tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes’ bid to buy Australia’s biggest climate polluter, AGL, and replace its ageing and increasingly unreliable coal fleet with clean energy.

Tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes has launched a takeover bid for troubled energy company AGL, Australia’s biggest climate polluter, to hasten the transition from coal to renewables. After Origin Energy announced the closure of Eraring coal-fired power station last week, the NSW State Government...

The Greens have proposed a $40 billion renationalisation of Australia’s electricity market, including phasing out coal and gas-powered plants by 2030, recasting Snowy Hydro as renewables-only, and reversing the investment in the Kurri Kurri gas plant. 

Suburbs in Sydney’s west like Penrith could face nearly two months of extreme heat above 35 degrees per year by the end of the century if carbon emissions remain high, according to a new report by Sweltering Cities and the Australia Institute. 

The future beyond coal looks bright for the Hunter with investors keen to pour $100 billion into wind, solar, battery and pumped hydro projects into the Hunter-Central Coast Renewable Energy Zone.

The NSW Independent Planning Commission has heard that an extension to the Narrabri coal mine would result in more scope 1 emissions than any other coal mine in Australia.

This Valentine’s  Day, spare a thought for Prime Minister Scott Morrison. Morrison is being ghosted by the electorate, who are not loving the Federal Government’s mishandling of the pandemic, with just a third of Australians feeling confident about the government’s direction.

Renewable energy is squeezing coal and gas out of the electricity market, with renewables providing five times more power than gas in 2021 and coal-fired power at its lowest level since the NEM began in 1999.

Greenpeace’s Green Electricity Guide continues to make news with many Australians switching power providers after learning that the country’s biggest electricity generators are among our biggest emitters and biggest greenwashers of their climate credentials.