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Grattan calls for expanding Safeguard Mechanism to electricity sector

RIDDHIMA TALWANI  |  MONDAY, 13 OCT 2025  |  NEWS
Grattan Institute has recommended expansion of the Safeguard Mechanism, the federal government policy constraining emissions by big industry, to the electricity sector. The new report, Bills down, emissions down: A practical path to net-zero electricity ...

Climate finance groups call for stronger regulations

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... finding inspiration in Carney's speech, Lloyd's of London has announced it will not discourage insurance coverage for new coal and fossil fuel projects. Closer to home, Australian Super, has reinvested in coal. It is the biggest investor in Whitehaven ...

Australian investors to struggle to meet 2035 climate targets: Report

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  FRIDAY, 26 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... modelling, the report reveals that all segments of the economy will require structural transformation. This includes faster coal plant closures, rapid deployment of renewables, the electrification of households and transport as well as industrial process ...

Government hands down 2035 climate target

MATTHEW WAI  |  FRIDAY, 19 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... fails to pledge commitment to phase out fossil fuels. "Anything less than a 75% cut this decade backed by a plan to phase out coal, oil and gas is not a climate plan, it's a denial of climate justice," 350.org deputy head of regions Fenton Lutunatabua ...

Aware Super expands investment restrictions

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... super fund is also simplifying the fossil fuel screens and descriptions in the Socially Conscious options by combining the coal, coal fired power generation, and oil and gas screens into a single fossil fuel exploration or production screen. "This is ...

NCRA data shows monumental risks to financial sector

ANGELIQUE MINAS  |  MONDAY, 15 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
With global heating levels estimated to reach 2.7 ºC by 2100, the National Climate Risk Assessment (NCRA) findings revealed at 3ºC the consequences would be monumental. Overall economic output is estimated to plummet $135-423 billion by 2063. Agriculture ...

CEFC makes record commitment of $3.8bn

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 5 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... economic benefits across large parts of the Australian economy, with cleaner, more affordable renewable energy replacing ageing coal-fired generators as they exit the electricity system. "This visionary project will enable Tasmania to share its substantial ...

Australia could gain $190bn windfall as Trump snubs net zero

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 4 SEP 2025  |  NEWS
... leading American companies - are forging ahead with plans to keep growing renewable energy and cut climate pollution from coal, oil and gas. The report found that China has been ramping up its sway towards cleaner energy with emissions falling in the ...

ASX-listed miner to pay $7.5m over whistleblower breaches

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 29 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... amount to $1 million. The whistleblower, a former employee, had made claims that TerraCom had falsified the quality of its coal for export. TerraCom made two ASX announcements in relation to the whistleblower, one on 14 February 2020 and another on 3 ...

Fortescue, Climate Energy Finance call to reform fossil fuel subsidy

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 21 AUG 2025  |  NEWS
... cents per litre on imported diesel used off-road in industry. Mining giants - including iron ore producers and foreign-owned coal majors - are the main FTC beneficiaries, receiving $57.5 billion since the scheme's inception in 2007. This is expected ...