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Saul Griffith's Rewiring Australia pushes for budget boost to electrify 500,000 homes

The federal government is facing calls to use the upcoming budget to kickstart efforts to electrify Australian households and wean them off gas to help fight global warming.

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Labor and Greens could agree to compromise on non-fossil fuel industries in safeguard mechanism

Greens in internal negotiations over backing down on demand for ban on new coal and gas projects in Labor’s climate policy

The Guardian - AU

Bob Brown renounces Australian Conservation Foundation life membership over Labor’s climate policy

Conservationist criticises ACF for working to strike a deal on safeguard mechanism and undermining the Greens’ position

The Guardian - AU

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Experts call for urgent passage of safeguard mechanism amid warnings from the IPCC

The safeguard mechanism plays a critical role in achieving the country's emissions reduction targets, experts say.

The New Daily

The latest IPCC report makes it clear no new fossil fuel projects can be opened. That includes us, Australia

The politics is fraught but what we do as the world aims to limit global heating to 1.5C matters

The Guardian - AU

Australia's 116 new coal, oil and gas projects equate to 215 new coal power stations

Australia has 116 new coal, oil and gas projects in the pipeline. If they all proceed as planned, an extra 1.4 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases would be released into the atmosphere annually by 2030.

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Minister uses UN report to urge action on safeguard

Chris Bowen says the latest UN report on climate change makes clear the need to legislate the government's safeguard mechanism.

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Climate policy push heats up as parliament returns

With a fortnight of parliamentary sittings in Canberra, Labor is keen to secure a win on its centrepiece election promise to cut carbon emissions.

AAP

Power prices to soar despite coal and gas cap

Australian households face steep electricity price hikes within months, power costs jump as much as 30 per cent in some states.

The New Daily

Most Australian states face sharp power bill rises, despite government’s intervention

Energy regulators issue draft default market offer, which set cap for this year’s increases

The Guardian - AU

Bowen calls for compromise on Labor's climate policy, as final vote on legislation looms

If passed, the federal government's Safeguard Mechanism Bill will require the nation's 215 largest-polluting facilities to reduce their emissions by 4.9 per cent each year to 2030.

ABC News

Crossbench push Albanese government for ‘absolute cap’ on carbon emissions

MPs Allegra Spender and Zali Steggall and balance of power senator David Pocock call on Labor to limit total emissions up until 2030

The Guardian - AU

'Cold comfort' for households with energy prices rising

Electricity prices will be considerably lower than originally predicted but the energy minister says this is cold comfort for households battling rising costs.

AAP

Climate change takes focus ahead of Aston by-election

Energy Minister Chris Bowen has launched a fresh attack on the federal opposition as proposed climate change legislation becomes key in the Aston by-election.

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Climate change in focus ahead of federal by-election

Energy minister Chris Bowen has launched a fresh attack on the federal opposition as proposed climate change legislation becomes key in the Aston by-election.

The Guardian - AU

David Pocock under pressure to block Labor’s safeguard mechanism bill after fossil fuel poll

With 62% of Canberrans backing a ban on new coal and gas projects, Labor faces tough task convincing ACT senator

The Guardian - AU

Coalition and Greens team up to force Labor to release emissions modelling

Government must produce forecasts under safeguard mechanism as treasurer adds pressure to stalled cross-party talks on limits to new gas and coal projects

ABC News

Chris Bowen challenges parliament to accept safeguard mechanism, or risk losing chance to cut emissions

The energy minister issues an ultimatum to federal parliament: Accept the government's plan to make big polluters cut their emissions, or risk losing the entire deal.

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Minister confident of pollution safeguard’s success

Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen is confident of the success of a proposed pollution safeguard mechanism, despite the Greens' concerns with the scheme.

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Minister confident of pollution safeguard's success

Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen is confident of the success of a proposed pollution safeguard mechanism, despite the Greens' concerns with the scheme.

The New Daily

Alan Kohler: To defeat climate change, Australia must do the impossible

The climate argument between Labor and The Greens is as strange as the carbon-reduction target being impossible to meet.

AAP

Home loan discount for sustainable builds and renos

Aussies renovating or building energy efficient homes could benefit from an investment of $125 million that could see them receive a home loan discount.

The Guardian - AU

Adam Bandt says Greens could support key Labor climate policy if fossil fuels developments paused

Greens leader says party will negotiate in good faith on proposals that deal with the ‘untenable’ opening of new coal and gas mines

ABC News

Cocos (Keeling) Islands may take complaint to United Nations over climate change crisis

Remote islanders on the frontline of climate change will not rule out taking a complaint to the United Nations after a landmark ruling in favour of their "brothers and sisters" in the Torres Strait.

ABC News

Northern Territory government denies Beetaloo Basin gas plans in doubt despite no federal support for offsets

No federal support is on the table for Territory Labor's promise to ensure that all Beetaloo Basin emissions are offset, as the territory cabinet weighs its decision on whether to allow full-scale fracking to go ahead.

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