A Rudd Labor government would commit $500 million to a renewable energy fund, another $240 million to a clean business fund and $150 million to an energy innovation fund, federal Labor leader Kevin Rudd announced today.
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Australia’s greenhouse emissions could be cut to 23% below 2004 levels by 2050 by building 11 nuclear power plants, through energy efficiency measures and by massively boosting the use of renewables, government research agency ABARE says.