US calls out Coalition's weak climate target
Tuesday, 19 April 2022
The US is singling out countries that failed to lift their climate targets at last year’s COP26 summit in Glasgow, urging Australia to increase its Abbott era, 2030 emission reduction pledge this year to help prevent further destruction.
Power prices are soaring in Australia’s fossil fuel dominated energy grid with unplanned outages at ageing and unreliable coal power stations and sky-high gas prices driving the increase.
And in more bad news, Greater Sydney’s only disease-free and growing koala population is under threat by the construction of a housing estate in its habitat without promised safeguards in place, scientists warn.
The US will urge Australia to increase its 2030 emission reduction pledge this year, with a senior official declaring it was “a long time ago” when the Abbott government set the target the Morrison government says is “fixed”.
Australian wholesale power costs soaring despite Morrison government’s budget claims
Australia’s wholesale power costs are soaring, with prices for most of the national electricity market running at double the rate promoted by the Morrison government in last month’s budget, largely due to reduced outages at coal power stations and the soaring price of gas.
Sydney region’s last healthy koala population threatened by development
Greater Sydney’s only disease-free and growing koala population is under threat by the construction of a housing estate in its habitat without promised safeguards in place, scientists warn.
Alinta Energy boss wants clarity on WA coal shutdowns
The biggest private investor in Western Australia’s power system wants the state government to be clearer about when coal-fired power stations in Collie will shut down, to give the market time to respond and keep the lights on.
NSW flood survivors asking ‘should I stay or should I go?’
After two major floods in little more than a month, Lismore is facing an existential crisis. Should residents stay or go — and where?
Traditional Indigenous burning protecting last-known koalas on NSW far south coast
Cultural fire practitioners are working with the Firesticks Alliance to return traditional Indigenous fire management to koala country, on land sacred to the Yuin people, spanning the boundaries of National Parks estate, State forests and private landholdings.