Australian government attacks renewables

http://www.dw.com/en/australian-government-attacks-renewables/a-18626227

Despite a recent coal development denial, Australia has been cutting funding for clean energy and been pushing ahead with new coal mines. This is setting back renewables and will likely make the country's emissions rise.

Australian government attacks renewables
Jennifer Macey
05.08.2015

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Waging war on wind

Since Abbott's conservative coalition came into power in 2013, it has been accused of launching an unprecedented attack on the renewable energy industry.

One of its first acts in government was to remove the price on carbon - becoming the first country in the world to repeal a market mechanism aimed at tackling climate change.

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Most recently, the government directed the Clean Energy Finance Corporation - Australia's "green bank" - to stop investing in wind, as well as in small-scale solar power.

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New coal mine on prime farming land

In the same week that the government cut funding for wind and solar, it approved a $1.2-billion (1.1-billion-euro) open-pit coal mine on the Liverpool Plains.