Tag: net zero

Reaching Net Zero Will Need 450 Percent Increase in Mining: Aussie Treasurer

Australia’s Federal Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, has said that a 450 percent increase in mineral production will be needed to meet net zero by 2050. This comes as Resources Minister Madeleine King released a new strategy (pdf) for making Australia a global producer of raw and processed critical minerals. Speaking at the 26th World Mining Congress…


Reaching Net Zero Will Need 450 Percent Increase in Mining: Australian Treasurer

Australia’s Federal Treasurer, Jim Chalmers, has said that a 450 percent increase in mineral production will be needed to meet net zero by 2050. This comes as Resources Minister Madeleine King released a new strategy (pdf) for making Australia a global producer of raw and processed critical minerals. Speaking at the 26th World Mining Congress…


Climate Change Committee Tells Government to Consider Stopping New Road-Building Projects For Net Zero

Climate advisers have told the UK government that it should consider stopping road-building schemes as they say net zero targets are slipping. The Climate Change Committee (CCC), in its annual update (pdf) on the UK’s net zero progress, has criticised the government’s 2030 goals for cutting emissions. The non-departmental public body, formed under the Climate…


Former Labour MP Claims The Party’s Net Zero Plans Could Dash General Election Hopes

A former Labour MP has warned that Labour’s proposed plans for Net Zero, which include blocking all new oil and gas projects, could hit them in the next general election. Simon Danczuk, who represented Labour at Rochdale between 2010 and 2015, told The Epoch Times that he believes Labour is making a big mistake with…


Officials Unsure When Hydrogen Production Can Be Profitable Despite Billions in Taxpayer Funding

Despite billions being pumped into trying to kickstart Australia’s hydrogen industry, department officials concede reaching profitability may be a long way off. Jo Evans, the deputy secretary of the Department of Climate Change and Energy, said costs were still too high for hydrogen production. “There’s no way they’ll make a profit at those costs,” Evans…


EPRINC Report Shows That IEA Net Zero Roadmap Is a Green Mirage

News Analysis Two years ago, efforts by climate activists and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investors to block investment in oil and gas production by Western companies appeared to have received a seal of approval from no less an authority than the International Energy Agency (IEA), when it published “Net Zero by 2050: A Roadmap for…


Government Doesn’t Have a Delivery Plan to Decarbonise the Power Sector: Spending Watchdog

The government can’t decarbonise the UK power sector by 2035 because it doesn’t have a delivery plan, according to a report from the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). A report from PAC published on Wednesday cast doubt on the government’s net zero plans to decarbonise the power sector by 2035, saying that it lacks “an overarching delivery…


Councils Rolls Out Parking Charges Based on Emissions-Based Pricing

Some cars will have to pay much more for parking permits as councils across England roll out new charges based on CO2 emissions. Lambeth Council is the latest council to introduce emission-based parking charges, according to the tax band of the vehicle, which is based on the CO2 emissions it produces. The council said that…


Government To Remove Plans to Ban New Coal Mines

The UK government is moving to remove a ban on the opening and licensing of new coal mines from one of its major net zero laws. On Tuesday, the government said that a complete ban on new coal mines “isn’t appropriate” and will oppose an amendment that was added to the Energy Security Bill, now…


Starmer: Labour Will ‘Throw Everything’ at Net Zero

Labour leader Sir Kier Starmer has set out detailed plans in which he has promised to “throw everything” at net zero if his party wins the next election. In a speech in Leith, Scotland, on Monday, Starmer, said his Green Prosperity Plan “will power us forward towards net zero, generate growth right across the country, end…