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The Green Recovery

Rebuilding post-pandemic Australia
  • 'We pay a tax to produce clean energy'
    The Queensland pig farmer who is leading the way on climate action

  • ‘A story of hope’
    How the Covid downturn could help Australia rebuild from its black summer

  • Seizing the moment
    How Australia can build a green economy from the Covid-19 wreckage

  • Can I still eat meat if I care about the environment?

    Meat production is responsible for almost 10% of Australia's carbon emissions. Is there an environmentally sustainable way to be a carnivore?

  • The government tells us that decommissioning coal-fired power would hurt the economy and cause a wave of unemployment. But that's not actually true

    3:55

    How Australia can ditch coal (without ditching jobs)

  • A circular economy is when our used items – electronics, food scraps and plastics – don't just end up in landfill, but instead become the building blocks for new products. There's a whole industry waiting to be developed in Australia, if governments would get on board

    3:49

    How Australia can close the recycling loop

  • Coronavirus shutdowns have sent many countries into recession but the pandemic offers a unique opportunity to build our way out of economic disaster using renewable energy as the driver

    3:42

    How Australia can clean up its act on energy

  • Electric cars are cheaper to run and better for the environment than petrol cars. But very few Australians drive them. Here's how the government could change that

    3:34

    How to put more electric vehicles on Australia's roads

  • Australia has some of the least energy efficient houses in the developed world. And we are paying the price – in energy bills.

    3:39

    How to fix Australia's energy-inefficient homes

News

  • Amazon rainforest in Brazil's Amazonas state

    Joint venture looks to invest billions in 'natural capital' projects to help combat climate change

    Founding partner says ‘investing in the resilience of nature is investing in the resilience of the economy’
  • Wind farm

    Plan that tackles recession and climate change could create 76,000 Australian jobs, report says

  • A file photo of a solar farm near Dalby, Queensland

    NSW government says renewable energy zone in New England could power 3.5m homes

  • Call for $4bn stimulus that would create 50,000 jobs and care for the environment

  • Australia could create hundreds of thousands of jobs by accelerating shift to zero emissions – report

  • Renewable energy stimulus can create three times as many Australian jobs as fossil fuels

  • Rapid shift to renewable energy could lead Australia to cheap power and 100,000 jobs

  • Australia’s ‘failing’ environmental laws will fuel further public health crises, Nobel laureate warns

  • Business, unions and green groups call for sustainable Covid-19 recovery with clean energy transition

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Comment

  • A general view of the South Melbourne Park Towers Housing Commission high rise building on June 16, 2017 in Melbourne, Australia

    Homebuilder was a blunder - spend the money retrofitting social housing instead

    Jeremy Burke
  • The Capital wind farm near Lake George, NSW

    If clean energy is to drive Australia's economic recovery, let's keep it local

    Simon Corbell
    • A solar farm

      Finally there is real movement on Australia's climate policy but time isn’t on our side

      Anna Skarbek
    • Bodangora wind farm owned by Infigen Energy, in the district of Bodangora near Wellington, New South Wales, Australia

      The coming recession is the best reason to step up the pace of renewables investment

      Frank Jotzo
    • Wind turbines on Collgar Wind Farm near Merredin, Western Australia, on 22 June 2015.

      Decarbonisation is our future. It must be factored into the coronavirus recovery

      Pradeep Philip and Will Rayward-Smith

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