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A new Sky News documentary will lift the lid on renewable energy, and reveal why nuclear power is the answer to Australia’s energy challenges.

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Even the BS Emission Target Won’t Happen with the Nationals

The Nationals won’t support a much tougher 2030 emissions target, Barnaby Joyce says
Junior Coalition party briefed on Morrison government’s climate policy proposal by minister Angus Taylor
Nationals won’t be ‘held hostage’ over net-zero emissions target
After a marathon four hours of talks the Nationals emerged on Sunday with no clear agreement on a climate plan for net-zero emissions by 2050.
‘Your mob’: Barnaby blows up at ABC host
Barnaby Joyce has hit back at an ABC host after the Nationals leader came under fire for his party failing to reach a net-zero position ahead of the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow.
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Consumers would pay under ‘sneaky carbon tax’: Taylor

Consumers would pay under ‘sneaky carbon tax’: Taylor
Energy Minister Angus Taylor says customers would pay if industry had to cut its emissions harder, defying a push for more aggressive action on climate change.
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Third new coal project approved by Australian environment minister Sussan Ley in just one month

Third new coal project approved by Australian environment minister Sussan Ley in just one month
Approval granted for Mangoola Coal to extract 52m tonnes over eight years – weeks before major global talks on climate crisis

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Whitehaven Coal’s Vickery mine given green light by environment minister

Whitehaven Coal’s Vickery mine given green light by environment minister
Sussan Ley’s decision denounced as a ‘betrayal of young people’ and follows a federal court ruling that she has a duty of care to protect young people from the climate crisis
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Federal Court judge orders minister to explain ‘sudden’ $21m Beetaloo Basin fracking grant agreement

Federal Court judge orders minister to explain ‘sudden’ $21m Beetaloo Basin fracking grant agreement
A Federal Court judge says he is “concerned” by Federal Resources and Water Minister Keith Pitt’s handling of a $21 million grant agreement with a gas company eyeing the Northern Territory’s Beetaloo Basin.
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CoalKeeper set to dwarf Gillard’s carbon price

CoalKeeper set to dwarf Gillard’s carbon price
Angus Taylor’s ‘CoalKeeper’ proposal would increase greenhouse emissions while slapping households with an increase in electricity prices greater than that of the carbon price.
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Taylor adds carbon capture and storage to clean energy agency’s plans

Taylor adds carbon capture and storage to clean energy agency’s plans
Carbon capture and storage will for the first time be included in the investment strategy of Australia’s Renewable Energy Agency after a controversial change to its remit.
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Coal mine expansion above Sydney’s water catchment gets green light despite concerns

Coal mine expansion above Sydney’s water catchment gets green light despite concerns
The Independent Planning Commission approves the Russell Vale coal mine expansion above Sydney’s water catchment despite concern about the miner’s $1 billion in debts.
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‘No blank cheque’ on net zero carbon emissions target, Prime Minister says, as global ‘code red’ issued

Other world leaders have called a UN report on climate change a ‘wake-up call’, but Australia’s PM isn’t going to budge
Scott Morrison again refuses to commit to a target of net zero emissions by 2050, as an international “code red” warning on climate change is issued by global leaders.