General
Barnaby Joyce wants Clean Energy Finance Corporation to invest in coal-fired power
The former leader of The Nationals, Barnaby Joyce, is pushing for the publicly backed emissions reduction corporation to invest in new fossil fuel projects.
Key points:
- The Clean Energy Finance Corporation has $10 billion to invest in projects that help Australia transition to lower emissions
- Barnaby Joyce put forward an amendment to the CEFC legislation that would let it to invest in “low emissions coal-fired power”
- He said he had “no problems” with the “logical” path to cleaner energy
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is the “green bank” that has $10 billion to invest on behalf of the Australian government in projects that help the nation transition to lower emissions.
Mr Joyce revealed in Parliament that he has put forward an…
Continue Reading
-
Noosa News20 hours agoMurder charge after man’s body found near park south of Brisbane
-
Noosa News22 hours agoMissing boy, Meridan Plains – Queensland Police News
-
General22 hours agoTwo people escape injury after light plane crash lands on golf course in Sydney’s Northern Beaches
-
Noosa News21 hours agoJoel Dry assumes lofty position on Nine newsdesk