renewable energy Archives

Issue #2032

22nd International Meeting of Communist and Workers’ Parties

“Solidarity with Cuba and all the struggling peoples. United, we are stronger in the anti-imperialist struggle, together with social and popular movements, in the face...

Issue #2180

Africa climate crisis alert: 1.5ºC limit ‘shattered’

United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres declared that the Africa climate crisis demands immediate global action, during the opening of the 39th Ordinary Session of the...

Issue #2042

GREEN NOTES

One of the biggest con jobs foisted on the Australian public and the planet is Chevron’s $81 billion Gorgon “clean gas” project in WA. It...

Issue #2058

AUKUS, the ranks are breaking

How good would it be if we could see headlines like these? Albanese to spend $300 billion on Public Housing or Power prices to plummet...

Issue #2020

ACTU pushes for radical reforms ahead of jobs summit

The federal government is holding a Jobs and Skills Summit in early September this year to address the “shared economic challenges” faced by Australians. The...

Issue #2080

China’s market, Australia’s opportunity

Since the beginning of this year, the Chinese economy has withstood both risks and challenges from abroad, as well as the downward pressure brought by...

Issue #1977

Renewable energy to meet 100% consumer demand at certain times of the day by 2025

Renewable energy is proving its reliability in serving Australia’s east coast, according to the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO).

Issue #2142

GREEN NOTES

Extreme and costly weather events continue to have a deadly and destructive impact on people, our biosphere, and the planet. 2024 was the second consecutive...

Issue #2158

LETTERS

Duplicitous and out of touch I am appalled at the Prime Minister’s speech at GARMA 2025. $70 million for clean energy projects. I heard nothing...

Issue #2062

Maritime Union win on renewables

Australian maritime workers continue to benefit from the fast pace of investment and expansion of offshore renewable energy projects around our coastline. The Maritime Union...

Issue #2019

Dodgy Dutton continues “climate war”

With a new Labor government, Australia finally has some concrete plans for climate action (see in this issue Climate Wars). Climate change was a major...

Issue #2105

Peter Dutton & the nuclear shit show

We watched in horror as Peter Dutton and a whole cavalcade of Coalition ministers rolled out their nuclear nightmare in a blatant attempt to keep...

Issue #2050

MUA goes hard for renewable energy

The Commonwealth government is holding a consultation on declaring an “Offshore Renewable Energy Area” off the coast of Newcastle, running from Port Stephens south to...

Issue #2198

GREEN NOTES

There’s an alternative to just steamrolling communities because renewable energy is too important for niceties like consultation as recommended by the pro-development best-seller Abundance, one...

Issue #2080

GREEN NOTES

Anna Pha The Middle Arm ‘Sustainable’ Development Precinct is the subject of a Senate enquiry now. The Northern Territory government describes it as “a clean...

Issue #2012

The sun will shine, the wind will blow

Australia is on the brink of a total collapse of its domestic energy market amid a crisis that has been decades in the making. If...

Issue #2046

Illawarra renewable energy zone to deliver long-term work

Maritime workers living and working in the Illawarra are excited by the opportunities and long-term industry development that will come from the declaration by the...

Issue #2192

Resilient? Not very – Reform? Think again

One slogan plastered all over the 2026-27 budget is “resilience and reform.” This is, of course, in response to the fuel crisis created by the...

Issue #2047

“Port Kembla, not Fort Kembla”

Last month the Maritime Union of Australia’s (MUA) Southern NSW Branch Secretary Mick Cross welcomed news that Port Kembla will become a large-scale venue for...

Issue #2064

MUA rallies for respect for workers

Australian maritime workers converged in Melbourne to rally at the Australia Wind Energy conference at South Wharf, to draw attention to the actions of global...

Issue #2131

GREEN NOTES

The only true path to energy security, stable power prices, prosperity and a liveable planet lies in abandoning polluting fossil fuels and accelerating the renewables-based...

Issue #2142

What they don’t ask If you’ve been finding the media coverage of this year’s Federal election annoying, you’re not alone. Partly, it’s the major parties...

Issue #2047

“Defuse climate time-bomb”

“This is the earth’s last chance to avoid climate disaster,” warns the Intergovernmental UN Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The IPCC in its latest report...

Issue #2105

Queensland says no to nuclear

Around 70 people from unions, conservation groups, the general community, and of course the Communist Party of Australia gathered to hear Speakers from the Conservation...

Issue #2129

EDITORIAL

It was the UN Secretary-General who famously said, “The world is burning. We need a renewables revolution.” It is literally burning in California. Other parts...

Issue #2194

ETU promotes sovereign power

A new report from the McKell Institute, supported by the Electrical Trades Union (ETU) is suggesting a sovereign power company to provide reliable and affordable...

Issue #2106

Renewables rollout is ‘the only serious plan’

Clean energy backed by storage is the lowest-cost source of electricity for Aussie households and businesses, and Australia is well on the way to a...

Issue #2106

EDITORIAL

If you’re in Australia, you might be pretty cold just now, but you’ll be hearing a lot about heatwaves, some extreme examples have been making...

Issue #2154

Renewables, not gas powering clean energy

Asked what his legacy would be, Anthony Albanese said “action on climate.” Since being elected his government has made over 30 coal and gas approvals,...