Ketan Joshi

Don’t listen to Norway: CCS will lock in fossil fuels in the middle of a climate crisis

If you hear it as it’s told by Norway’s Ambassador to Australia, Anne Grete Riise, carbon capture and storage (CCS) has been a mind-blowing success over here where I live, in the land of brown cheese and black oil. But the interview paints a dangerously overstated view, failing to highlight the reality of how CCS has played out in Norway. Not only are we not a ‘best case’, but we also demonstrate the ways in which CCS can distract from real decarbonisation efforts.

Climate International Affairs

Don’t listen to Norway: CCS will lock in fossil fuels in the middle of a climate crisis

EXPLAINER

The core case for gas plummets into a screaming death spiral - Part 2

In Q4 2024, the average wholesale earnings [RC5] of batteries discharging was higher than gas. In Q4 2025, that has flipped.

Climate

The core case for gas plummets into a screaming death spiral - Part 2

EXPLAINER

The core case for gas plummets into a screaming death spiral - Part 1

For decades, fossil fuel advocates have been pushing the line that we “need” to burn methane as a ‘vital component of the energy transition’. It is an ancient talking point, predicated on the idea that integrating wind and solar power can only be done by using fossil methane-fuelled turbines, which can be turned up and down with some degree of flexibility and adjustability.

Climate

The core case for gas plummets into a screaming death spiral - Part 1

OFF THE CHARTS

Bowen set for COP31 as Australia hits coal export record

The latest update from the department of industry shows that the September quarter in 2025 saw Australia’s highest volume of thermal coal exports, ever. it is a remarkable comeback for thermal coal after China re-established imports.

Climate

Bowen set for COP31 as Australia hits coal export record

OFF THE CHARTS

Part two: The false promise of carbon capture and storage

Despite the best efforts of climate and accountability campaigners, Australia’s major political parties have not stopped pushing the false promise of carbon capture and storage.

Climate Environment & Biodiversity

Part two: The false promise of carbon capture and storage

OFF THE CHARTS

Part one: The false promise of carbon capture and storage

Despite the best efforts of climate and accountability campaigners, Australia’s major political parties have not stopped pushing the false promise of carbon capture and storage.

Climate Environment & Biodiversity

Part one: The false promise of carbon capture and storage

OPINION

Expensive, publicly-funded Carbon Capture & Storage is barely visible in new emissions data

The Australian government needs to put a stop to new coal and gas projects, instead of granting operators new ways to shuffle pieces on the board, and CCS offsets simply shouldn’t exist.

Climate

Expensive, publicly-funded Carbon Capture & Storage is barely visible in new emissions data

Ketan Joshi

Don’t listen to Norway: CCS will lock in fossil fuels in the middle of a climate crisis

Part Three: Why CCS subsidies are a perpetual scam

The core case for gas plummets into a screaming death spiral - Part 2

The core case for gas plummets into a screaming death spiral - Part 1

Bowen set for COP31 as Australia hits coal export record

Part two: The false promise of carbon capture and storage

Part one: The false promise of carbon capture and storage

Australia’s gas bonanza is for corporate super-profits, not climate superheroes

Australian gas exports don’t cut coal overseas, and here are the charts to prove it

Expensive, publicly-funded Carbon Capture & Storage is barely visible in new emissions data