GREENHOUSE GASES – AUSTRALIA

Climate body targets cattle barons

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Original article by Jacob Greber
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 2 : 19-Dec-23

The Climate Change Authority has compiled a list of agricultural entities it contends have large cattle herds that are generating enough carbon emissions to qualify for the federal government’s safeguard mechanism. The list includes companies run by cattle barons such as Gina Rinehart and the Holmes a Court family; the CCA says they should be compelled to disclose the level of greenhouse gas emissions from their herds. Although the CCA is not calling for agricultural emissions to be subject to the safeguard mechanism "at this stage", it has called for greater scrutiny of farmers in this respect, with farmers accounting for 12 per cent of national emissions.

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AUSTRALIA. CLIMATE CHANGE AUTHORITY

Australia set to emit 13pc of all carbon

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Original article by James Fernyhough
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 17 : 8-Jul-19

A report commissioned by the Australian Conservation Foundation contends that the nation will be responsible for up to 13 per cent of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions by 2030. Prepared by German think tank Climate Analytics, the report takes into account emissions from Australian fossil fuel exports that are burnt in other countries. The Minerals Council of Australia estimated in 2018 that demand for imported thermal coal in Asia could rise by up to 400 million tonnes by 2030, while Gavan McFadzean from the ACF rejects the suggestion that Australia should not be responsible for what other countries do with its fossil fuels.

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AUSTRALIAN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INCORPORATED, CLIMATE ANALYTICS, MINERALS COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA

AGL’s carbon loading

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Original article by Sharri Markson
The Daily Telegraph – Page: 4 : 29-May-18

Data from the Clean Energy Regulator shows that AGL Energy generated 43.4 million tonnes of carbon emissions in 2016-17, which equates to about eight per cent of Australia’s emissions. Rival utility EnergyAustralia is the nation’s second-biggest carbon polluter, with emissions totalling 21.7 million tonnes in 2016-17. AGL is believed to be spending around $A23m a year on advertising to promote its environmental credentials, yet its emissions have increased by five million tonnes under current CEO Andy Vesey.

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AGL ENERGY LIMITED – ASX AGL, ENERGYAUSTRALIA PTY LTD, AUSTRALIA. CLEAN ENERGY REGULATOR, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY

Emissions jump underestimated

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Original article by Kyle Mackey-Laws
The Canberra Times – Page: 5 : 15-May-18

Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions rose by 1.5 per cent in 2017, the third year in a row that emissions have increased. Bill Hare of Climate Analytics says Australia will struggle to meet its 2030 Paris climate pledge if the upward trend continues. The electricity sector reduced its emissions by 3.1 per cent in 2017, with the Hazelwood coal-fired power plant having closed in March. Labor’s climate spokesman Mark Butler says the accuracy of the federal government’s land clearing data is increasingly being questioned, with data on emissions from land use having indicated "inexplicable reductions" in emissions for some time.

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CLIMATE ANALYTICS, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY, AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY, THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY, AUSTRALIAN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION INCORPORATED

Australia’s emissions rise 5pc in two years

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Original article by Ben Potter
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 9 : 20-Dec-17

Australia will find it hard to meet its commitments under the Paris climate agreement, based on the latest figures on greenhouse gas emissions. Emissions have risen five per cent in the last two years, and are currently at 554 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per annum. This is tipped to rise to 570 million tonnes per annum by 2030 if measures such as new emission standards for cars and the federal government’s national energy guarantee are not imposed with suitable rigour. The farming and transport sectors are tipped to contribute the biggest increase in emissions in coming years, while the electricity sector is the largest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY, AUSTRALIAN LABOR PARTY