BHP board backs shareholder call to review membership of pro-coal industry groups
BHP board backs shareholder push to review membership of industry groups opposed to climate action - but will it change anything?
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Australia’s hidden carbon market: New options allow companies to out-bid government
Surging prices in voluntary market means that carbon abatement projects are now likely to be funded by companies rather than the government.
Baseload coal is rapidly losing value, and poses biggest risk to Australian utilities
Coal will struggle to remain economically viable beyond 2030. Companies with a heavy exposure, like AGL, need to act quickly to survive.
Biden’s proposed tenfold increase in solar power would remake US electricity system
New US Department of Energy report finds solar power could generate up to 4
UK invites mammoth offshore wind proposals in “biggest ever” renewables auction
Conservative UK government releases details of “biggest ever,” all technologies renewable energy support package, including a massive £200m targeting offshore wind.
“No new coal:” Majority of coal projects abandoned since Paris but China is key
World edges closer to point of “no new coal” after widespread collapse of new coal proposals and growth of government commitments to end coal.
Rooftop solar Australian and global fossil fuel giants make $1 trillion bet against global climate efforts
Australian and global oil and gas companies continue to pour huge amount of investment growing their production, defying global climate targets, new report finds.