Credit: <\/span>Alex Ellinghausen<\/cite><\/p>\nPlibersek said since coming to power last May, Labor had ended the Morrison government\u2019s climate action \u201cdenial and delay\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cAustralia can be a renewable energy superpower,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019re focused on boosting renewables and making up for lost time.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, federal government statistics released on Monday forecast that the volume of coal exports from existing mines would grow by 9 per cent in 2023-24. Exports of thermal coal, used in power plants, are expected to rise to 182 million tonnes, while exports of metallurgical coal, used in steel making, are forecast to reach 156 million tonnes.<\/p>\n
A Resources Department report also revealed that the combined value of coal, gas and oil projects that private companies had made a financial commitment to develop had reached $40 billion.<\/p>\n
Plibersek said Australia would now be less reliant on fossil fuels if it weren\u2019t for the political fights of the last decade.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe need reliable, clean energy in the grid. That\u2019s what we\u2019re doing,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The federal government is rolling out its Capacity Investment Scheme, likely to run into the tens of billions of dollars, to underwrite private investment in renewables and drive clean energy\u2019s share of the grid to 82 per cent of electricity generation by 2030. Renewables generated about 38 per cent of electricity in the past year, while 57 per cent came from coal and 5 per cent from gas.<\/p>\n
While the government pushes ahead with renewable projects, Plibersek has also granted final approval to four coal projects since May 2022 while vetoing several others. <\/p>\n
At the same time, she has promised to reform national environment laws to beef up protections for wildlife including through the approval process for new projects. The government is aiming to introduce the changes to parliament next year and is expected to rely on the Greens\u2019 support in the Senate to pass them into law.<\/p>\n
But Greens environment spokesperson Sarah Hanson-Young said \u201cfit-for-purpose\u201d environment laws must include a provision to block projects that drove climate change.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf those laws don\u2019t include an assessment of the climate damage of projects before they\u2019re given a green light, if they don\u2019t stop native forest logging, then they\u2019re not worth the paper they\u2019re written on,\u201d Hanson-Young said.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou can\u2019t put out the fire if you keep pouring petrol on it and you can\u2019t have environment laws that allow new coal and gas projects.\u201d<\/p>\n
Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen said at the recent climate talks in Dubai that fossil fuel production must eventually cease in order to achieve the Paris Agreement goal \u2013 to which Australia is a signatory \u2013 of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees.<\/p>\n
But the government has refused to rule out approving new projects.<\/p>\n
Australian Energy Producers chief executive Samantha McCulloch, who represents gas companies, said the government must make it easier for developers to deliver the $40 billion list of committed projects.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe pipeline of new gas projects highlights the importance of policy settings and regulatory certainty to unlock investment in new supply.\u201d<\/p>\n
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