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Only a small share of the vehicles Americans buy are electric. Even if all of them were, it would take until 2040 to phase out the fossil fuels used to power personal travel and road-bound freight.
Small-scale renewable energy projects can power rural areas not connected to the main grid. But investors may hesitate if future electrification remains unpredictable.
Prabowo Subianto spoke in normative terms and failed to criticise Joko Widodo’s work.
An Obama administration veteran offers some insights from his experience about driving massive increases in clean energy.
There are ways to reduce the risk of protests like France’s yellow vests movement.
The Interior Department is expanding oil and gas leasing on land in six western states that is vital habitat for the greater sage grouse. Lawsuits are certain to follow.
The Labor Party’s newly announced energy policy could finally set Australia’s electricity sector on the path to a renewables-driven future. But policies are still needed to cut emissions elsewhere.
If Iranian crude exports decline further it could make oil and gas prices rise.
But many new governors and members of Congress intend to take action on climate change.
These policies, which are designed to slow the pace of climate change, don’t have to cost taxpayers, and they do not appear to hinder economic growth.
The federal government is primarily to blame for the mess that is Australia’s energy policy. It’s time for the states to step up, to reduce both prices and emissions.
The federal government has floated the idea of underwriting new coal-fired electricity generation in a bid to keep power prices low. But doing so would be a defiance of economic and environmental reality.
When nations resist compelling reasons to shift from one form of energy to another they can fall behind for an entire generation or more.
The Trump administration is trying to spike a lawsuit against the US government arguing that there’s a constitutional right to a stable climate.
A new law provides flexibility in terms of how the state can meet this new target for the electricity it consumes.
Australia could be getting half of its electricity from renewable energy by 2025, even without government subsidies for new wind and solar projects, according to a new analysis of energy industry trends.
The Earth is on the edge of being pushed over a planetary threshold that could lead to a “Hothouse Earth.” But if we take the risks seriously there is room for a more benign future.
It’s time Australian states took a lesson from US states when it comes to working around obstructive federal climate change policies.
We need to move past biased, opaque models for energy policies.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University
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Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
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Postdoctoral research fellow, University of Johannesburg
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Senior Research Associate, Renewable Energy & Energy Systems Analyst, UNSW Sydney
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Honorary Associate Professor, Centre for Climate Economics and Policy, Australian National University
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Departmental Visitor, Centre for Arab and Islamic Studies, Australian National University
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Professor and Director, Victoria Energy Policy Centre, Victoria University
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Vice-Chancellor and President, University of Canberra
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Senior lecturer, Energy Policy Group, University of Exeter
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Head of Energy, Institute for Climate Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University
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Deputy Program Director, Budgets and Government, Grattan Institute
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Associate Professor of Strategy and Sustainability, Warwick Business School, University of Warwick
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Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney
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Emeritus professor, Australian National University
