Reports
The equivalent of 110 Sydney Harbour bridges in steel.Rusting at sea. This isn’t just a clean-up, it’s a once-in-a-generation opportunity to build a world-leading industry. Australia must decommission and recycle 5.7 million...
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Submission: Community Benefits
Our submission to the PoweringWA's 'Draft Guideline on Community Benefits for Renewable Energy Projects'. Community benefits or ‘benefit-sharing’ are standard practice for renewable energy projects, and involve developers making financial or other...
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Briefer: Net Zero Export Emissions
Our response to the concept of 'net zero export emissions', introduced by Frank Jotzo and Annette Zou in The Conversation. The concept of ‘net-zero export emissions’ suggests that emissions avoided by Australia’s...
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Report: States of Transition
In the May 2025 federal election, voters overwhelmingly supported action on climate change through continuing the national journey on renewable energy. State and territory governments should heed that message and redouble efforts....
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Briefer: Community Benefits
Our response to PoweringWA's draft community benefits guidelines Community benefits or ‘benefit-sharing’ are standard practice for renewable energy projects, and involve developers making financial or other contributions to host communities to compensate...
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Election Platform 2025
Unlocking WA’s energy transition: Our 2025 election platform The energy transition is well underway in Western Australia, but a lack of certainty, transparency, and proactive engagement on many fronts has made for a...
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Forging Our Future
As part of the Conservation Council of WA, Better Climate has been part of a coalition of unions, environment, and industry to consider the emissions reduction opportunities in steel production by commissioning...
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From Laggard To Leader: WA's Renewables Opportunity
Clean State's Research team has developed a new paper on Western Australia's untapped potential in the renewable energy market. Download the report WA’s unique geography and natural resources make us a potential...
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Clean Jobs Roadshow Report
Between August 2020 and May 2021, Clean State, supported by the Conservation Council WA and LotteryWest, engaged 1,000 people in a roadshow that stopped at eight Western Australian cities; Bunbury, Albany and Geraldton, Mount Lawley, Scarborough, Joondalup, Dawesville...
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Carbon Budget for WA
Clean State has commissioned one of the world’s leading independent climate research institutions to produce the first carbon budget for WA that is compliant with the Paris Agreement goal of limiting warming...
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