This Month
Rubbish tips get do-nothing climate subsidies worth millions: experts
Landfill operators are being given lucrative carbon credits for trapping methane they would not have released anyway, some academics say.
- Aaron Patrick
EY paid by government to push agendas of its clients
EY’s self-styled role as Australia’s de facto climate change policy and regulation expert goes beyond the federal government.
- Hannah Wootton
Carbon critic professor alleges campaign to undermine him
ANU’s Andrew Macintosh says he won’t stop attacking Australian Carbon Credit Units despite being subjected to an “orchestrated campaign to discredit us”.
- Aaron Patrick
Forrest family leads Rich List plunge on packaging disrupter
Andrew and Nicola Forrest have led a star-studded fundraising for the start-up that hopes to replace polystyrene with a more sustainable insulation material.
- Peter Ker
November
Bowen’s energy plan might cost taxpayers ‘tens of billions’
Labor’s freshly minted Capacity Investment Scheme is being hotly debated by energy experts, with most agreeing the Commonwealth faces a “significant” exposure.
- Jacob Greber and Mark Ludlow
- Opinion
- Canberra Observed
Bowen’s big bang energy push puts heat back on Coalition
The opposition says Labor is “writing a blank cheque” to renewables investors. But it’s yet to detail how much its own nuclear energy alternative would cost taxpayers.
- Jacob Greber
- Exclusive
- Carbon challenge
Labor EV policy faces delays as cost-of-living politics bite
Mounting fears of a backlash against the policy, which would drive up the price of many medium-sized cars, SUVs and utes, are weighing on deliberations.
- Jacob Greber
Industry push to make Australia north Asia’s ‘carbon sink’
Gas industry is working to establish regional rules to capture, ship and store CO₂ from gas burning,
- Jacob Greber
October
The states where solar could reduce power bills to zero
Households that install rooftop solar and batteries are saving as much as $2252 a year and in some states becoming energy independent.
- Jacob Greber
Biodiversity credits aim to help repair nature
The government is seeking to establish a nature repair market, with biodiversity credits creating a new asset class for investors.
- Christopher Niesche
- Opinion
- Opinion
How to sell fake carbon credits: ‘I probably will go to jail’
A scheme to protect trees in Zimbabwe generated big profits but didn’t help global warming,
- Opinion
- Energy transition
How an Australian coal tax can help save the world
This country’s grip on world coking coal supplies means we are well-placed to force up prices and discourage coal use.
- Adrian Blundell-Wignall
September
Listorti deal alert! Carbon investor Viridios buys stake in Pangolin
The investment comes after Viridios wrapped up a $55 million funding round in October led by Roc Partners.
- Sarah Thompson, Kanika Sood and Emma Rapaport
- Opinion
- Chanticleer
How 120 workers made millions in KKR’s Australian carbon play
Big Canadian pension’s acquisition of Australian carbon projects group GreenCollar will see the company’s workers split tens of millions in profits.
- Anthony Macdonald
Macquarie’s $58m man backs thorny net zero play
Nick O’Kane says investment in carbon capture and storage systems is critical in the global race to hit emissions targets, and wants the market to stay “open-minded”.
- Lucas Baird
Boral boss says cement imports increase carbon emissions
Vik Bansal says a carbon border adjustment mechanism – or tax – would be crucial to the cement industry’s viability.
- Ben Potter
This European tax could spread to Australia
Climate change expert Frank Jotzo said the European Union’s decision to introduce carbon tariffs could see other countries follow suit.
- Mark Ludlow
Meet the Aussies aiming to turn forests into a magic money tree
Forestry is a $156 billion asset class, and net-zero is turning it into a growth story. But the industry fears it will miss out unless it helps write the climate rule book.
- Hans van Leeuwen
Traders in carbon credits saddled with vast stranded-asset pile
A number of major carbon traders are finding that offsets they bought may now be valueless.
- Natasha White
August
UK watchdog cracks down on junk carbon offsets
The journal “Science” found most of a potential 89 million carbon offsets issued by forest protection projects did not represent real emissions reductions.
- Natasha White
