Elaine Johnson and Tim Buckley argue community concerns and environmental impacts mean that some mining projects, such as the Regis gold mine is NSW should have never got the go ahead. Read more

Fossil fuel lobbyists are exploiting farmers in claims they need the diesel rebate, an $11 billion+ subsidy, to survive. Matt Pollard and Read more

Tim Buckley speaks to the Spark Club podcast on the rise and rise of China in solar, wind, batteries and EVs. Tim follows China closely and observes trends we’re not seeing published in the broader media outlets or our podcast feeds. Part of a fortnightly conversation, sharing some of the staggering stories and stats coming out of China, starting with recent highlights, then digging into a big story and ending with a prediction or two. Read more

As a confidential report to the NSW government, suggesting that closing Eraring would push power prices up, is released to the public, Tim Buckley provides a withering critique: “Does this analysis assume they (the NSW government) stand there like startled rabbits in the headlights and do absolutely nothing for a couple of years in the face of the stark knowledge that the largest coal fired power plant is at the end of its useful life and going to close? The permanent solution is not bandaids and more taxpayer subsidies for an end of life, unreliable high emissions coal clunker. $450m of tax payer monies would have crowded in a lot of permanent, low cost, zero emissions private projects.” Read more

Tim Buckley discusses the LNP’s nuclear furphy with French newspaper Les Echos: The Australian Conservatives’ proposal is nothing more than a political bluff that “conflates higher electricity prices with renewable energy”, said Tim Buckley. Among the weaknesses of the plan in question, he cites the envisaged use of SMRs “which are not even commercially available”. He also notes that, when it comes to nuclear power, “Australia is relying on foreign know-how, because we have no skills, expertise or technology, zero”, which suggests that budgets and delivery times are likely to be exceeded. Read more

Tim Buckley told Straits Times that Australia is set to be one of the world’s largest sources of renewable energy such as wind and solar power, and that these could eventually be used to produce vast quantities of green hydrogen. “Twiggy (Dr Forrest) was too far ahead of the curve – he has now pivoted to something that is more achievable this decade,” Read more

Tim Buckley said disengagement by ACCR was a powerful signal that investors need to reevaluate their trust in emissions-intensive companies. “ASIC is pursuing corporate greenwash as a form of investor deception,” Buckley said. Making public statements that a company is taking action on net zero, and then privately lobbying or funding lobbyists to undermine this action, “is illegal”. “Investors absolutely need to know if a company is undertaking greenwash.” Read more

On The Climatelist podcast, the world of green steel, global carbon pricing, and the opportunities for Australian businesses with Tim Buckley. Discover how China’s dominance in green technologies is reshaping global trade and creating a potential $250 billion export market for Australia. Tim unpacks the complex world of Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms (CBAMs) and explores how Australian businesses can lead the charge in embodying decarbonisation for a profitable and sustainable future. Read more

Three-quarters of the gas extracted by Australia is sold overseas, mostly to customers in Japan, China and South Korea. Does this make Australia a petrostate? Tim Buckley, a former investment banker, now director of the analysis firm Climate Energy Finance, is among those who believe it does. He points to the documented history of Australia’s fossil fuel industry to pay, pressure and cajole governments to get its way. The result is that the country has continued to expand gas and coal operations, with no articulated end in sight, since it rejected a climate-laggard rightwing Coalition administration in 2022 and replaced it with a Labor government promising to take a leadership role on the climate crisis. Read more

Source: AEMO Gas Statement of Opportunities If privatisation of gas and electricity networks and the consequent complexity of the market are partly to blame for high energy bills, it is worth pondering whether a more independent regulator might be in order. We are talking about the Australian Energy Market Operator (AMEO), which independent energy expert Tim Buckley described this week as “captured by the methane gas cartel”. Read more

Tim Buckley comments for this feature on Andrew Forrest’s recalibration of his green hydrogen ambitions. Read more

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