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Canadians would be better served by a calmer and better-informed debate over the specifics of Bill C-69 than what we have been seeing over the past few weeks.
Washington, California and Florida are mulling a permanent switch to DST. Proponents say that doing so could improve health, save energy and prevent crime.
The money will extend the Emissions Reduction Fund, set up under the Abbott government’s “direct action” program, which at present has only $226 million uncommitted in it.
It’s too soon for South Africa to start counting its chickens over the recent offshore gas find by global energy giant Total.
South Africa’s president has committed to structural reforms in the energy sector.
Summer is here and the chance of blackouts is higher than normal. But the cause is unlikely to be the power station. The problem is usually much closer to home – in the local poles and wires.
The government wants the power to break up power companies if they keep prices high. There’s little to suggest it would achieve much.
The oil-exporting organization may have mustered the political will to cut production, but its disunity remains intact.
Brexit may be an unexpected boon for the UK’s climate leadership. Here’s how the UK can seize the initiative.
In the final sitting week for the year, the encryption bill was finally passed, and the Liberal Party changed its rules to prevent sitting prime ministers being toppled.
South Australia’s energy prices have gone up as more renewables entered the market – but prices would have gone up even more without them.
The two countries have successfully collaborated on electricity supply for 11 years, but could Brexit pull this unique UK-Ireland innovation apart?
The energy required to power the massive, factory-sized data centres that computers rely on already consumes 5% of global electricity. And that energy load is doubling every decade.
Making the transition to a sustainable energy future also means ensuring that affected communities - such as Australia’s coal workers - aren’t left by the wayside.
The UK’s “illegal” backup power subsidy scheme effectively subsidised fossil fuel power generation. Lets use the hiatus to build a more flexible, low carbon energy system.
Michelle Grattan speaks with Deep Saini about the week in Australian politics.
Labor’s promise to subsidise batteries for households quickly became, in government parlance, “pink batts to pink batteries” – seeking to trigger memories of Rudd’s policy that cost several lives.
The ALP estimates the battery subsidy would triple the number of battery systems in Australian households. The policy sets a national target of one million household battery installations by 2025.
It is possible to both tax carbon emissions and enrich households. A report to be released by UNSW today outlines how.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University
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Professor of Global Energy, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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