The Albanese government’s 43 per cent emissions reduction target is set to pass parliament as experts call for a crackdown on emissions reduction schemes.
The pressure is now on big carbon emitters to find a path to net-zero carbon emissions. US investment giant Blackstone has bet hundreds of millions of dollars that an Aussie start-up might have the answer.
The Climate Change Authority has suggested Australia will benefit from international carbon trading,sparking fears of fake climate action.
The government’s plan to allow companies buy carbon offsets for protecting trees is being questioned by the expert who set up the rules of a $4.5 billion fund.
The world’s biggest tech companies,including Meta and Google,have backed an Australian-designed carbon-trapping device the size of a two-man tent.
Major carmakers say Australia will be left with the cars no one else will take if it doesn’t get behind EVs,after the EU’s decision to ban the sale of fossil fuel cars and vans within 12 years.
The findings suggest that other states that have old-growth logging industries – such as NSW and Victoria – could slash their emissions by protecting their forests.
Clive Blazey,the founder of Australia’s largest gardening club,wants everyone to plant more trees. And he’s made a list of which ones.
The Australian Conservation Foundation has rejected Angus Taylor’s claim that it had abandoned its claim of “deep flaws” in the carbon farming market.
The designer of the Emissions Reduction Fund’s (ERF) carbon credit scheme,Professor Andrew Macintosh,last week alleged most of the money was being spent on fake carbon reductions.
At the heart of this green push is Joyce’s understanding that Qantas’ two major stakeholders - the shareholders and customers - want action.