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Launched in early 2012, RenewEconomy.com.au has rapidly become Australia’s leading source for clean energy news and analysis, along with insights on climate policy. It is recognized as the most well-informed and widely visited website in its field.

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"Outrageous greenwashing:" Premier blasted for claim that coal is environmentally sustainable

1 week ago | reneweconomy.com.au | Royce Kurmelovs

The Queensland Conservation Council has accused Premier David Crisafulli of putting the interests of fossil fuel producers before constituents with his pledge to fast-track approvals for new mines and a defence of coal as “environmentally sustainable”. Crisafulli made the comments in a speech to the Townsville Bulletin’s Future Townsville event, held at the Ville Resort Casino on Wednesday, saying government should get out of the way of the coal industry.
"Cakes of coal, volumes of gas:" Australia accused of being climate wrecker as it seeks to host COP31

1 week ago | reneweconomy.com.au | Royce Kurmelovs

Australia has been “two-faced” by pushing to host the UN-backed COP31 climate conference in 2026 even as it has been approving massive new oil, gas and coal projects, an international climate group says. The country has been described as a “planet wrecker” alongside the US, Norway and Canada by climate advocacy group Oil Change International (OCI) over the contradiction between pledges to address climate change and failure to take actual steps towards addressing the problem.
The hidden climate and energy costs of Woodside's LNG extension

1 week ago | reneweconomy.com.au | Mike Barnard

Australia’s decision to approve the extension of Woodside’s North West Shelf LNG facility through to 2070 is a defining moment in the nation’s industrial and climate legacy, and not in a good way. This new infrastructure has implications far beyond just the shoreline of the Burrup Peninsula.
Can green iron replace Australia's coal and gas exports?

2 weeks ago | reneweconomy.com.au | David Leitch

“We thought we could sit forever in fun, but our chances really was a million to one” – Bob Dylan’s dreamUsing an Electric Smelter Furnace may allow enough value adding to Pilbara iron ore by converting it to pig iron to eventually fully replace our coal and gas exports generating over $100 bn of export revenue at recent prices. So converting iron ore to green iron solves two problems at once.
Woodside gas expansion plans - and approvals - face fresh legal challenges

2 weeks ago | reneweconomy.com.au | Royce Kurmelovs

Woodside’s plans to continue gas extraction on the Burrup Peninsula in the far north of Western Australia are facing fresh legal challenges including an eleventh-hour bid to challenge approvals to extend the life of the North West Shelf gas processing facility. The federal court has ruled that a legal challenge brought by Raelene Cooper, a Mardudhunera woman and founder of the organisation Save Our Songlines, will be heard the week of 14 July.
Fear of big battery fires is experiencing its own kind of thermal runaway. Is it justified?

2 weeks ago | reneweconomy.com.au | Sophie Vorrath

When EnergyAustralia held the sod-turning event for its four-hour Wooreen big battery in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley in February, a team from the Country Fire Authority was in attendance. Their presence at the event was likely mostly to do with the smoking ceremony, which was conducted expertly and without incident in a dry and windy paddock by Gunaikurnai Elder, Michelle Dow.
Big batteries and solar farm win fast-track state approval, amid council push-back and fire risk fears

3 weeks ago | reneweconomy.com.au | Sophie Vorrath

Victoria’s Labor government has approved two major new renewable energy generation and storage projects through its planning fast-track scheme – both of which have faced strong opposition from their respective councils and parts of the local communities.
"Slap in the face:" Gas project approval collides with fresh warnings on sea level rise, ocean heat

3 weeks ago | reneweconomy.com.au | Royce Kurmelovs

A group representing former ministers of Pacific Island countries say the decision to extend the life of Woodside’s North West Shelf gas processing facility to 2070 is a “slap in the face” that contradicts Australia’s “platitudes” about “caring for the Pacific ‘family’”.
Global survey finds strong support for carbon pricing: "Politicians should not be too afraid"

3 weeks ago | reneweconomy.com.au | Sören Amelang

A solid majority of people in rich countries are in favour of comprehensive climate action which includes payments to poorer countries, a study has found. “There is strong and genuine support for international carbon pricing, per capita reimbursement of revenues, and thus redistribution to poorer countries,” said the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), which co-authored the study.
State calls on industrial giants to keep "Steven Bradbury of green hydrogen" in the global race

3 weeks ago | reneweconomy.com.au | Sophie Vorrath

The head of Tasmania’s Green Hydrogen Hub has issued a plea to international investors, including the “monsters” of industry whose futures depend on finding solutions industrial decarbonisation, to back the state’s $2 billion green fuel vision. Ron Green, who is project director for the state government-led Green Hydrogen Hub, told the 7th Annual Tasmanian Energy Development Conference on Thursday that hydrogen would be “very challenging” for the island state.