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Carbon tariffs on some imports urgently needed: Climate Energy Finance

KARREN VERGARA  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
... crisis and support global emissions reduction goals. Critically, it will shift investment from fossil fuels into clean energy and the production of 'green' industrial commodities," CEF said. Energy Minister Chris Bowen recently flagged that a carbon ...

Climate investing declines amid Trump's anti-clean energy regime

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 5 JUN 2025  |  NEWS
Although investors are withdrawing from climate investing due to uncertainty from the aggressive approach by the US President Donald Trump in his pro-fossil fuels and anti-energy agenda, it opens up opportunities further afield. Robeco's fifth Global ...

EPBC Act reforms urgently needed: Industry groups

JAMIE WILLIAMSON  |  FRIDAY, 30 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... current environmental laws, Climate Energy Investor Group (CEIG) chief executive Richie Merzian said. "If delivering a clean energy future is a priority for the Albanese government, then reforming the EPBC Act must be too. It is now the single biggest ...

Public sector pay gap revealed

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), Future Fund and the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). It also included data on the Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC), Clean Energy Regulator, Australian Human Rights Commission, "Releasing public sector gender pay ...

Macquarie shareholders call for transparency

ELIZA BAVIN  |  THURSDAY, 22 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... increasing finance for dangerous fossil fuel expansion is undermining its claim to be supporting the critical shift to clean energy."

Clean energy transition a top priority for productivity: PC

ELIZA BAVIN  |  MONDAY, 19 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
... areas the PC is seeking input on include increasing business investment through reforms to corporate tax, getting clean energy infrastructure built faster by speeding up approvals, and promoting prevention in care industries through a framework to support ...

Clean Energy Council chief resigns

KARREN VERGARA  |  WEDNESDAY, 7 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
The chief executive of the Clean Energy Council will step down after nearly 11 years at the helm. Kane Thornton will finish up on August 1 after serving in the role since November 2014. Thornton joined the Clean Energy Council in 2010 as director of ...

Labor win 'a referendum on renewable energy'

ELIZA BAVIN  |  TUESDAY, 6 MAY 2025  |  NEWS
The Clean Energy Council says the Albanese government's landslide win in the federal election was a vote of confidence by the Australian people in the nation's clean energy future. Clean Energy Council chief executive Kane Thornton said Labor's win ...

Munro takes climate fund to New Zealand

KARREN VERGARA  |  MONDAY, 14 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... long-only strategy, the fund invests in 15 to 25 companies focused on decarbonisation and are tipped to benefit from clean energy and transport, the circular economy and energy efficiency. It also aims to achieve a return greater than the MSCI All Country ...

Rest backs $300m solar farm and battery project

MATTHEW WAI  |  THURSDAY, 10 APR 2025  |  NEWS
... hybrid solar and battery storage design, which will enhance local grid reliability while supporting Victoria's clean energy transition, Octopus Australia said. It will be one of the first DC-coupled solar and battery hybrid assets in Australia and ...