‘Right place,right time’ for Rinehart-backed Vulcan in quest for zero carbon lithium

‘Right place,right time’ for Rinehart-backed Vulcan in quest for zero carbon lithium

Why is Australia’s hottest lithium stock,Vulcan Energy Resources,setting up operations in Europe?

  • byColin Kruger

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Adopt carbon tariffs to reduce income of oil-rich states,Europe says
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Adopt carbon tariffs to reduce income of oil-rich states,Europe says

Senior European officials say the move to phase out fossil fuels will reduce the income of oil-rich authoritarian states and ease geopolitical tensions.

  • byAnthony Galloway andRob Harris
It stores pollution 30 times faster than forest. What is blue carbon?
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It stores pollution 30 times faster than forest. What is blue carbon?

Shy dugongs,sea turtles and ancient microbes are all found among our seagrasses and mangroves. Why are politicians interested in these ocean meadows now?

  • byEmma Young
Technology is crucial to cutting emissions,but only part of the story

Technology is crucial to cutting emissions,but only part of the story

“The analogy would be if John F Kennedy had announced in 1961 that we were going to go to the moon and we are going to let NASA take its own sweet time figuring out how to get there.”

  • byNick O'Malley
Australia’s carbon price is coming,one way or another
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Australia’s carbon price is coming,one way or another

The world is about to drag Australia kicking and screaming into a lower emissions future. The sooner we accept this,the less economically damaging it will be.

  • byJessica Irvine
‘High school chemistry’ process to make cement industry carbon-neutral

‘High school chemistry’ process to make cement industry carbon-neutral

Researchers have developed a process that could remove the cement industry’s carbon footprint by capturing and reusing the carbon it emits.

  • byStuart Layt
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Australia warned tariff removal push will not placate Europe’s desire for green trade penalties

Australia warned tariff removal push will not placate Europe’s desire for green trade penalties

Australia is fighting back against the European Union’s push to impose carbon levies on countries with weak emissions laws.

  • byAnthony Galloway andRob Harris
Hidden sweetener for Australia buried in EU carbon border tax

Hidden sweetener for Australia buried in EU carbon border tax

The climate tariff backed by the EU parliament this week presents many challenges for Australia,but also some opportunities.

  • byNick O'Malley
‘Liberalisation not protectionist’:Australia to fight EU’s carbon tariffs with its own plan
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‘Liberalisation not protectionist’:Australia to fight EU’s carbon tariffs with its own plan

Australia will push to slash global tariffs on wind turbines,solar panels and other green industries rather than agreeing to a European plan to impose carbon levies.

  • byAnthony Galloway andRob Harris
UK and EU border taxes are a useful tool to cut global emissions
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Editorial

UK and EU border taxes are a useful tool to cut global emissions

The EU,Britain and the US are imposing “border adjustment taxes” to protect their industries from carbon dumping. It makes sense.

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‘New protectionism’:Australia to fight Boris Johnson’s green tariff bid
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‘New protectionism’:Australia to fight Boris Johnson’s green tariff bid

Australia will push back against Britain’s bid to use the world’s most exclusive leaders’ summit to call for climate tariffs,arguing it is a new form of “protectionism”.

  • byRob Harris andAnthony Galloway