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Donald Trump’s Energy Secretary Chris Wright has declared he would “love” to see Australia embrace uranium, as he labelled the ambition to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 a “sinister” goal.

The mining giant says the outcome of union attempts to regain a foothold in the iron ore industry will have a big bearing on investment after its dividend fell to an eight-year low.

Jeff Dimery, the boss of Australia’s fourth largest electricity retailer, has warned of looming hikes in energy prices with the eventual closure of coal power plants.

While much of the talk around green and red tape focuses on big business, it is worth considering what impact it has on the next rung down.

China’s coal plant construction surged last year to the highest level in almost a decade, conflicting with President Xi Jinping’s promise that carbon emissions would peak before 2030, researchers have said.

The real cost of inefficient climate policy is that it distracts resources and attention from other priorities.

‘To rescue our economy,’ Trump signed day-one orders ‘to end all Biden restrictions on energy production, terminate his insane electric vehicle mandate, cancel his natural gas export ban, reopen ANWR in Alaska (the biggest site potentially anywhere in the world), and declare a national energy emergency.’

If you believe Chris Bowen, green hydrogen in Australia is not dead or deceased or bereft of life. It’s just resting, pining for fields of solar panels and wind turbines.

Voters trying to decipher the impact of rich donors might consider the curious case of the 31-year-old Marcus Catsaras, who over a few years has risen from managing the Cat’s Ass Studio to outspending billionaires on politicians.

It is totally unacceptable to see a two-year-old wind turbine collapse.

Aussie households have been warned to brace for ongoing power bill increases over the next decade. See why and how it’ll affect you.

What will haunt this government to its political grave is the promise it made to reduce power bills by $275 per household per year – which has turned into increases of up to $1000