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Carmichael mine jobs need ’21 times the subsidies’ of renewables, says lobby group
Solar panels. The Clean Energy Finance Corporation has announced a $20m investment in the Ross River solar farm in Townsville, a 116MW project expected to deliver 150 jobs. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP Federal funding for Adani project amounts to $683,060 a … Continue reading
Coalition subsidies increase for fossil fuels – new “growth centre”
National Energy Resources Australia, or NERA – will work closely with researchers from universities and the newly streamlined CSIRO, the irony of which was not lost on critics of the scheme…“Pouring millions of dollars into research for the fossil fuel industry … Continue reading
Time to stop BigBiz undermining democracy, public money only for election funds
Now that PM Turnbull needs to be seen to actually do something, especially since losing front bench colleagues because of shonky “donations”, will he prove to be big enough to get serious about the whole thing, no donations at all, … Continue reading
Time to cut the crap about “clean coal”
Here’s a review of accumulated mythology of “clean coal”, old and new. Minister for unEnvironment Greg Hunt has recently been proclaiming, yet again, that he’s confident of breakthroughs in the next 5years. What he’s taking about is the DICE engine, a … Continue reading
Russian big business heavily subsidised in Australia
As Abbott demonises Russia about MH17-“…Oleg Deripaska…Russia’s richest man for 2008…wrote to Department of Climate Change in Canberra…dire warning: oligarch’s considerable investment in Australia was being threatened by plan to tackle global warming being advanced by the Rudd Government.” Thanks … Continue reading
Would Coalition states tax the sun to protect utilities?
An update on how much States are subsidising fossil fuel power from big mobs and contemplating taxing rooftop solar PV to balance budgets. Of course, as they do this, it just makes economics more attractive for us all to go … Continue reading
Origin wins as NSW coal subsidy scandal unwinds
How about…”subsidised price of coal at little more than $30/tonne, a fraction of the then export price”.c…contrast, bungling … to get large-scale solar plants developed. REDP program and Solar Flagships…still not produced anything. Original bidders both lost their grants. The … Continue reading
Time to stop subsidies to aluminium smelters
News item linked here advises, because of world over supply in new smelters, no smelters are viable . Aluminium smelting uses so much energy that it’s known as “congealed electricity”. In Victoria, our brown coal power is the dirtiest, with big … Continue reading
Power Co’s subsidised $750m in unpaid taxes: ATO
Here’s another one to add to the annual $10B subsidies for coal, oil and gas power companies. >readmore> Climate Spectator
Cars – Reward Efficiency not waste
From RMI – “Innovative state or federal policies, such as feebates, can encourage the continuous improvement of fuel economy by charging fees on inefficient new cars and paying corresponding rebates for efficient ones. In its first year of implementation, such … Continue reading
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