As Australia’s political machinery clunks into election mode, climate’s high on the agenda, with Labor planning how to outflank a Prime Minister who thrives on climate and energy scare stories.
And times they are a’changing, with industries from farming and travel through to service stations planning on how they will adapt to a very different energy and fuel future.
How regenerative farming is helping the Mornington Peninsula reach net zero emissions
By 2030 Mornington Peninsula Shire is aiming to sequester 1 million tonnes of carbon locally and have 20 per cent of farms adopt regenerative practices.
Labor climate policy poised to respond to PM scare tactics
Labor’s powerful environment movement is paving the way for the opposition to set a climate policy ambitious enough to outflank the federal government without imposing demands that would guarantee a punishing scare campaign from the Coalition.
Coal-killing fund to start buying power stations next year
A cashed-up coalition focused on buying and prematurely shutting Asian coal-fired power stations expects to make its first acquisition within a year, in an ominous sign for Australia’s thermal coal export industry.
Cop27 is in Egypt next year … but will anyone be allowed to protest?
Green experts and human rights activists are concerned the hardline Cairo regime will suppress any civil society action
When EVs take over our roads and demand for petrol dries up, what will happen to service stations?
Over the coming decades, the flow of what the industry collectively calls "motor spirit" is going to slow to a trickle, and may even dry up entirely.
‘I can’t see any positives’: return of cruise ships may bring a storm of protest to regional Australian ports
Post-Covid cruising industry wants picturesque towns on its itineraries, while locals fear the pollution and damage the ships can bring