Joel Fitzgibbon says Labor's ARENA vote on low-emissions energy projects 'ideological craziness'

Ian Kirkwood
Updated June 24 2021 - 7:27am, first published June 23 2021 - 7:00pm
The federal government's ARENA agency will not be able to fund carbon capture research after a Senate vote on Tuesday night. A demonstration plant proposed for Koorgagang Island with a $14.6 million federal grant is not affected, says the grant recipient Mineral Carbonation International (MCi).
The federal government's ARENA agency will not be able to fund carbon capture research after a Senate vote on Tuesday night. A demonstration plant proposed for Koorgagang Island with a $14.6 million federal grant is not affected, says the grant recipient Mineral Carbonation International (MCi).

THE Morrison government's plan to allow Australia's renewable energy agency to invest in non-renewable technologies has been shot down in the Senate.

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Ian Kirkwood

Ian Kirkwood

Journalist

Reporting journalist at the Newcastle Herald since 1987. Editorial writer, general reporter, industrial relations, industry and coal.

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