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Australia’s leading technological academy has called for urgent action to reduce the country’s heavy reliance on diesel across key sectors including mining, road freight, agriculture, fisheries, and forestry. In a new report by the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE) in partnership with Fortescue, five clear recommendations are…
Court condemns delay in Murujuga protection
The legal challenge over the Murujuga rock art site's protection and the Woodside North West Shelf Extension project has advanced beyond the previously reported August hearing. The Federal Court has recently ruled that the Australian federal government has "unreasonably" delayed making a decision on a heritage protection application submitted in…
Australia launches $500m battery manufacturing program
Australian businesses can now apply for a share of $500 million in capital grants and production incentives to accelerate domestic battery manufacturing under a new federal government program. Delivered by the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA), the Battery Breakthrough Initiative aims to boost the nation’s battery value chain by providing…
Cascabel pipeline threatens rivers, communities and biodiversity
A 200-kilometre mineral pipeline proposed by Australian mining company SolGold has ignited fierce debate in Ecuador and Colombia, with experts warning that it could trigger the most severe mining-related environmental disaster in recent Latin American history. The project, tied to the Cascabel copper-gold mine in northern Ecuador’s Mira River basin,…
Santos leak sparks urgent calls for intervention
Environment groups are urging the Australian government to intervene after documents revealed that Santos’s Darwin LNG export facility has been leaking methane for nearly 20 years. The disclosures, obtained by the Environment Centre NT, raise questions about transparency in the gas sector and the role of regulators in overseeing large…
Productivity Commission report overlooks critical net zero levers
The Productivity Commission’s latest report on Australia’s transition to net zero highlights significant gaps in emissions reduction policies but fails to address several critical avenues for achieving the target at the lowest cost, according to energy transition experts. Amandine Denis-Ryan, CEO of the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis…
Australia’s domestic CCS industry drives regional emissions reduction
New research highlights the vast potential for Australia’s domestic carbon capture and storage (CCS) industry, positioning it as a key contributor to regional emissions reduction and economic growth, according to the Asia Natural Gas and Energy Association (ANGEA). ANGEA CEO Paul Everingham pointed to the recent Ernst & Young (EY)…
Knode and MGA Thermal advance industrial decarbonisation
Knode and MGA Thermal have announced significant progress on a landmark 180 megawatt-hour industrial-scale thermal energy storage (TES) project in Western Australia, set to deliver renewable heat for industrial processes and advance the state’s decarbonisation goals. Billed as Australia’s largest thermal storage project and one of the nation’s most advanced…