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- How anger at Australia’s rollout of renewables is being hijacked by a new pro-nuclear network Tue, 10 Dec 24, 1:00amAn alliance of political groups is harnessing real fears about the local impact of wind and solar farms – and using them to spruik nuclear power
- How anger at the rollout of renewables is being hijacked by a new pro-nuclear network Tue, 10 Dec 24, 1:00amAn alliance of political groups is harnessing real fears about the local impact of renewables projects across Australia – and using them to spruik nuclear power
- Regional Australia Institute report: ‘We cannot simply aim to reach net zero at any cost’ Tue, 13 Aug 24, 10:37amCommunities need better engagement from developers and planners to back clean energy transition, research finds
- ‘It doesn’t need to be one or the other’: balancing brolgas and windfarms in Victoria Sun, 28 Jul 24, 1:31pmVictorian brolga numbers have shrunk due to habitat loss and drying wetlands. Now conservationists are calling for careful planning of windfarms
- ‘No one understands local issues better’: rural councils call for greater role in renewable energy transition Mon, 22 Jul 24, 1:00amNSW, Victoria and Queensland local governments have limited roles in approving developments, but advocates say they’re best placed to keep communities onside
- ‘Destiny in our hands’: the Indigenous Australians joining the renewable energy transition Sun, 21 Jul 24, 6:00amJust 1% of renewables developments in Australia involve First Nations equity, compared with 20% in Canada. But some believe the sector offers a ‘new moment’ for Aboriginal people
- ‘Every step of the way, no one cared’: Queensland pensioner says solar farm next door has left her unable to sell her property Mon, 8 Jul 24, 1:00amNeighbours to Kingaroy solar farm say pub and massage vouchers only compensation given for construction noise, as local attitudes to renewable projects sour
- ‘There’s angry people out there’: Inside the renewable energy resistance in regional Australia Sun, 7 Jul 24, 6:00amIn community meetings and Facebook groups, true stories of mismanaged projects mesh with conspiracy theories to build distrust against the renewable energy rollout
- Extravagant maker of schemes: unpicking Barnaby Joyce’s anti-renewables campaign | Gabrielle Chan Tue, 2 Jul 24, 1:00amThe spectre of a $100 lamb roast helped the Coalition win the 2013 election. Will ‘foreign-owned swindle factories’ have a similar effect in 2025?
- Fury road: a forlorn hope that, for once, Australia would choose the hard path on climate | Calla Wahlquist Tue, 25 Jun 24, 1:00amSometimes driving down old and familiar country roads conjures up romantic memories. Or, like after Dutton’s nuclear announcement, it just fills you with anger
- Farmers who graze sheep under solar panels say it improves productivity. So why don’t we do it more? Thu, 13 Jun 24, 1:00amAllowing livestock to graze under renewable developments gives farmers a separate income stream, but solar developers have been slow to catch on
- If regional communities don’t want a windfarm, why would they accept a nuclear power station? | Gabrielle Chan Tue, 4 Jun 24, 1:00amThe Coalition’s energy policy is leveraged on regional discontent about renewables. But many farmers don’t want nuclear in their back yard either
- In the largest windfarm in the southern hemisphere, ‘renewable energy farmers’ look to the future Wed, 29 May 24, 1:00amThe MacIntyre turbines on Queensland’s Southern Downs are a financial windfall for some farmers – but others are feeling left out
- ‘Leave politics to the politicians’: why rural Queensland is a hotbed of renewable energy Fri, 26 Apr 24, 1:00amRenewable energy developers are following tracks laid by the gas industry in the Western Downs – but they’re also making the same mistakes
- Forget nuclear: would Peter Dutton oppose a plan to cut bills and address the climate crisis? | Adam Morton Tue, 19 Mar 24, 12:27pmWe should focus on rooftop solar – Australians love it