Coal is a relatively cheap, abundant and well-established source of energy.
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Millions of people live without access to electricity. Now it’s a battle between coal and renewables to bring cheap power.
A singular focus on divestment from oil and gas companies to counter climate change could be detrimental.
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The broad principle of companies, government bodies and universities divesting from oil, gas and coal companies is sound. But its application needs more sophistication.
Trinidad and Tobago is no longer the liquid petroleum gas export powerhouse it once was.
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Ghana could learn a great deal from Trinidad and Tobago about how to manage its energy sector – and about what pitfalls to avoid.
La Trobe University becomes the first in Australia to move towards fossil fuel divestment after pressure from students, staff and alumni.
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La Trobe University is the first Australian university to commit to divesting fully from fossil fuels, but will it have any impact?
Labor has promised half of Australia’s electricity will come from renewables in 2030.
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There’s a wealth of climate policies to choose from this election – but what will they do electricity prices?
Building more renewable energy will be part of the effort to decarbonise energy systems.
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We have the technology to phase out fossil fuels, but it will take more than that.
Time to cooperate.
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Dealing with fossil fuels means working out how to deal with shared resources. While economists might argue that we tend to selfishness, psychology offers another way.
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Renewable resources are being exploited to the extent that there is a loss of species and future generations are threatened.
Despite the benefits of going renewable, it may be harder to get there than we thought.
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Phasing out fossils fuels would go a long way to stopping dangerous climate change – but it might be harder than we thought.
The earth is a finite place.
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The global economy is already unsustainable – let alone if it gets bigger.
The era of coal is coming to an end.
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Peabody, the world’s largest private coal company, has filed for bankruptcy, symbolising the world’s swing away from coal.
Glacier melt is one of the major contributors to global sea level rise.
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Global average sea level has risen by about 17 cm between 1900 and 2005, but we didn’t know how much of that was due to us, until now.
Woodside’s Karatha Gas Plant on Western Australia’s northern coast.
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Woodside’s deferral of its floating gas project in Western Australia is just the latest blow low oil prices have dealt the industry.
Because knowledge is power.
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Small nuclear reactors are one step closer to powering the UK’s future energy requirements.
Rice cultivation is one of the ways food production pumps methane into the atmosphere.
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Fossil fuel emissions are slowing, but another major climate problem is becoming clear: food production.
Across Africa the potential is ripe for a clean energy revolution that upsets and leapfrogs the old fossil-fuel order.
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Clean energy in Africa is certainly a possibility despite those in the fossil fuel industry believing this not to be true.
The Australian government seems to think fossil fuels need help, when businesses are deciding otherwise.
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Do fossil fuels need saving from efforts to combat climate change? The Australian government seems to think so, but that sort of thinking is out of date.
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Just because we’ve got electric supercars, doesn’t mean it’s the only way to a greener future.
A Greenpeace undercover investigation revealed that academics agreed to receive payments from fossil fuel companies – without disclosing the funding.
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With the public’s confidence in the news media wavering, it’s a tough line to toe.
To decarbonise the electricity sector, Australia could increase the volume of renewables while closing old fossil fuel power stations.
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Under the Paris climate agreement, Australia has stated that it will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 26-28% by 2030 compared to 2005 levels. How will we achieve this?