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Was Scott Morrison right to suggest that EVs would ruin the long weekend? We decided to find out with our electric Kona.

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A lot went wrong for the federal Labor Party on election night, but many believe an overly-ambitious and poorly explained climate change policy played a big role in their shock defeat. The party has flagged that its emissions reduction targets are up for review.

Climate change has been one of the most polarising issues in modern Australian politics for more than a decade, and there's little sign of a truce on the horizon. But it's an issue some MPs are eager to forge a better consensus on.

Disability advocates are calling on the activist group known as Extinction Rebellion to consider the rights of people with disabilities. Some politicians have called for harsher punishments to protesters, and say this week's demonstrations are doing the cause more harm than good.

Spoiler alert: No. And energy minister Angus Taylor clearly hasn’t been paying attention to the history of our electricity infrastructure.

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Energy minister Angus Taylor appears to be on a one man mission to fulfil the destiny wished of him by his supporters - to stop wind and solar in their tracks.

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‘A leopard doesn’t change its spots,’ says activist investor group, dismissing plan as effort to play for time

The Minerals Council has announced it will develop a “climate action plan” amid increasing pressure on its biggest members, BHP and Rio Tinto, to quit the industry body over its position on global heating.

In a statement posted on the Minerals Council website this week, the chief executive, Tania Constable, said the plan would be released next year and would “support strong and innovative action by Australia’s world-leading minerals sector to address human-induced climate change.

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ACCC's Rod Sims says costs of network over-investment and solar subsidies should be pushed onto taxpayers to bring electricity prices down.

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EnergyAustralia's Catherine Tanna says that decarbonisation of the energy sector is inevitable and calls for 'tribalism' to stop.

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Final bids for fifth stage of world's biggest solar park in Dubai reportedly attract record low solar PV prices of under $US17/MWh.

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Sungrow has signed a contract to supply its fully integrated Energy Storage System (ESS) ST4200KWh-2000 to a 15MW/32MWh project in Massachusetts.

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Magistrate says bail conditions preventing the former senator from attending Extinction Rebellion events were not necessary

Former Greens senator Scott Ludlam has had bail conditions – that banned him from associating with Extinction Rebellion climate change protests – dismissed by a judge following his arrest at a protest earlier this week.

The strict conditions had been labelled “absurd” by civil liberties campaigners and prevented Ludlam from appearing in court on Thursday, due to restrictions on coming to the Sydney CBD.

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BHP says finalising deal that will switch power supply at world's biggest copper mine in Chile from gas to renewables.

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A US federal judge threw out California utility Pacific Gas & Electric's bankruptcy exclusivity claims on Wednesday and will allow bondholders and wildfire victims to submit a competing reorganisation plan.

Germany’s ministerial cabinet on Wednesday approved the government’s new €54 billion climate plan after making a few tweaks, sending the proposals to tackle non-EU ETS emissions for passage by parliament and state lawmakers.

California stands a long way off from meeting its ambitious 2030 emission reduction targets at the current pace of decarbonisation, as increased wildfires further jeopardise the state’s climate progress, a new report found.

California regulator ARB granted more than 349,000 new offsets (CCOs) across two protocols this week, while it reduced the invalidation period on 3.3 mln existing credits, according to data released Wednesday.

Traders view Pennsylvania’s recent announcement that it will develop a RGGI-modelled ETS regulation as a positive step for the Northeast US programme, but several potential obstacles towards realising the policy may blunt any near-term secondary market impacts.

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