Tonga to trial wave energy technology

Tonga will be the first Pacific nation to experiment with wave energy, after signing a Memorandum of Understanding to trial new technology.

A rapid reduction in fossil fuels, essential to avoid devastating climate breakdown, would have minimal financial impact on the vast majority of people, new research has shown.

Civil liberties advocates have lashed the New South Wales Labor government’s attempts to stop climate activists from live-streaming protests on Facebook.

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With ocean power in abundance, could wave energy technology lower Tonga's crippling electricity costs?
Power prices are affecting communities around the world and in the small island nation of Tonga — home to just over 100,000 people — they are feeling the pinch. 

Loss of fossil fuel assets would not impoverish general public, study finds
Research published on Thursday finds that the loss of fossil fuel assets would have a minimal impact on the general public.

NSW push to stop climate protesters live-streaming on Facebook labelled ‘profoundly anti-democratic'
Members of Blockade Australia have this week staged and streamed protests across the country, including along a train line that services the Newcastle coal port.

Ecological tipping points could occur much sooner than expected, study finds
Ecological collapse is likely to start sooner than previously believed, according to a new study that models how tipping points can amplify and accelerate one another.

Cadia Gold Mine, near Orange, ordered to comply with clean-air laws
The New South Wales Environment Protection Authority has announced the main air vent at Cadia Valley Operations (CVO) near Orange is releasing an "unacceptable level of dust". 

NT government electricity provider plans to buy and on-sell Beetaloo gas
The Northern Territory government-owned electricity provider plans to buy and on-sell fracked gas from the Beetaloo Basin as issues continue with supply from Eni's Blacktip gas field.

World Bank offers developing countries debt pauses if hit by climate crisis
Poor countries will be able to pause their debt repayments if hit by climate disaster, under plans announced by the World Bank at the finance summit in Paris.

CEFC gets $20bn to put renewable transition back on track
Federal Labor has announced the biggest new capital allocation to the Clean Energy Finance Corporation since the launch of the green bank more than a decade ago, including $19 billion to help fund the new transmission and storage capacity so urgently needed to replace coal.

Queensland Police launch first EV
The Queensland Police Service (QPS) is deploying the Kia EV6 across the state as its first electric patrol vehicle, and it will also become its most powerful vehicle on fleet.

Gas price caps have failed, say gas users
Gas users say federal government price controls have failed to meaningfully ease cost pressures for manufacturers, and the result is higher inflation and pressure on interest rates.

Engie’s new local boss says Australia will fail its 2030 climate goals
The local chief executive of the French-owned energy group that set the ball rolling on coal power closures in Australia says the country is on track to miss its 2030 climate targets and pursuing them at all costs will only drive up expenses for families and industry.