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Power prices will be lower if NSW shoots for 100% clean-energy grid by 2030, report shows

March 15, 2021

Leading energy research company, RepuTex, has found transitioning NSW to 100% clean energy by 2030 would deliver consistently lower wholesale power prices than business-as-usual. [1] RepuTex found that under the current approach to the energy transition, where the last coal-fired power station closes around...

Frydenberg slashes $32m from nature conservation, sinks another $265m into carbon capture and storage

March 11, 2021

Nature and the climate are big losers in a budget that was supposed to have something for everyone, according to the NSW Nature Conservation Council. “Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has slashed $32 million from nature conservation, climate adaptation and climate science even as he delivered...

Bushfire policy must be guided by science and is best left to the experts

March 10, 2021

Attempts to make Transport NSW slash 40m-wide strips of forest along every state highway in NSW shows why bushfire policy must be guided by science and expert advice, not ministerial decree. [1] “The directive to chainsaw 40m-wide strips along all the state highways in...

Innovation program nudges NSW closer to net zero emissions

March 08, 2021

The NSW Government’s $750 million Net Zero Industry and Innovation Program over the next 10 years will accelerate the transition from carbon-intense to a carbon-neutral manufacturing and mining and support new jobs. [1] “The program will contribute at least $70 million towards the creation...

Stokes and Liberals cave to Nationals pressure on koalas

March 08, 2021

The deal struck between the Liberals and the Nationals to minimise koala protections in rural areas will push the species to the brink. “Excising farming and forestry zones from the koala SEPP is a catastrophic setback for the species,” Nature Conservation Council Chief Executive...

Coal power stations still emitting dangerous levels of air pollution

March 07, 2021

New National Pollutant Inventory data show toxic air emissions from the state’s coal-fired power stations fell 15% in the year to June 2020, but they are still among the most polluting industrial facilities in NSW. [1] During the 2020 financial year, coal-fired power stations at Lithgow, on the Central Coast and in the Hunter Valley spewed out more than 268,000 tonnes of...

Koala survival requires 200,000ha of new reserves and a $1 billion conservation and recovery fund

March 01, 2021

The Nature Conservation Council today unveiled a comprehensive plan to pull koalas back from the brink of extinction and double their numbers by 2050. The Koalas Need Trees campaign is underpinned by a policy agenda that includes: Adding of 200,000 hectares of koala forest to the national parks...

Numbers don’t stack up for Angus Place Colliery expansion

February 24, 2021

Angus Place Colliery near Lithgow may soon be a worthless stranded asset because its main customer, Mt Piper power station, could be broke by 2025, new economic analysis shows. The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) has released a report today that shows Mt...

Only one power station in the Hunter/Central Coast region to be profitable by 2025?

February 24, 2021

Two of the three coal-fired power stations likely to be still running the Hunter and Central Coast regions by 2025 could be worthless stranded assets, new economic analysis shows. The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) has released a report today that shows Eraring...

NSW Government must bring Forests NSW to heel

February 18, 2021

The NSW Government must order NSW Forestry Corporation to abide by post-fire logging rules established by the Environment Protection Authority, then put the corporation under direct government control to ensure forests are managed for the public good. The Guardian has reported Forestry Corporation will...