Tag: emissions

$22m global green industry program opens

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
A new $22 million grant program for Australian and Austrian companies developing technologies that decarbonise hard-to-abate industries has opened to applicants. The Australia – Austria Industrial Decarbonisation Demonstration Partnerships...

AirTrunk overtakes NextDC as biggest data centre emitter

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Airtrunk has marginally overtaken NextDC as the data centre provider with the largest greenhouse gases emissions in Australia, as total emissions from the sector hit record levels. On Wednesday,...

New CRCs share $127m for waste reduction tech

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Agricultural methane and plastic waste reduction technologies are the focus of the newest cooperative research centres following the completion of Round 24 of the popular federal government research grant...

AIIA urges govt to use tech budget to reach net zero goal

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
The carbon footprint of the federal government’s vast technology estate should be measured as a first step toward incentivising agencies to redirect billions in spending to energy-efficient clouds and...

Govt to consider import tariffs for high-carbon goods

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Work to determine the feasibility of import tariffs on emissions-intensive manufactured goods, particularly steel and cement, has begun at the Department of Climate Change, Energy, and Environment. Climate Change...

CDC Data Centres’ emissions secrecy claim rejected

Posted on   |  by Justin Hendry
A request from CDC Data Centres to have its greenhouse gas emissions data withheld from public release has been rejected by Australia’s clean energy watchdog. The company had argued...

Low emissions manufacturing push as safeguard reforms pass

Posted on   |  by Brandon How
Manufacturers and other heavy polluters will face tougher restrictions on their carbon emissions after the government’s reforms to the Safeguard Mechanism passed Parliament. As implemented by the former Coalition...