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You might look at the task ahead of weaning ourselves off fossil fuels and despair. But we’ve changed energy sources many times before – and it’s never a straightforward process.
Most people accept our energy system must move from fossil fuels, especially coal, to renewables as soon as practicable. But there are serious obstacles on the ground – literally.
Despite the meteoric rise of wind and solar, fossil energy sources have met most new demand in fast-growing economies.
Pulverised fuel ash can be recycled and used to manufacture concrete as well as other products.
Australia is approving coal mine expansions because of their “very small” impact on global heating. It doesn’t stack up.
Any remedies to the South African power crisis initiated now – or under development – are not going to have a significant impact this year.
The book shows how parts of South Africa now fester with organised crime.
Some rocks will burn, and others will melt, depending on how they were formed and what minerals they contain.
We shouldn’t let controversy over the approval of one small, short-lived mine distract from more consequential decisions looming on coal.
After the Supreme Court overturned the Obama administration’s strategy for reducing power plant carbon emissions in 2022, the Biden administration is taking a narrower but still ambitious approach.
South Africa faces the possibility of record electricity shortages and catastrophic scenarios such as a complete grid collapse.
Smoothing the transition to clean energy for fossil fuel workers and their communities requires local leadership and the support of a new federal authority
Making the green energy transition a success requires governments to pay attention to environmental factors and socioeconomic imperatives.
Households and businesses are set for more hip-pocket pain after regulators flagged hefty electricity price rises in four Australian states.
Developing countries are expected to quit coal faster than any energy transition in history.
The mine was not refused on climate change grounds. So without legal reform, other fossil fuel projects may still go ahead.
Even as renewables boom like never before, our reliance on fossil fuels remains stubbornly high. One problem? The rebound effect
We’re rarely aware of a company’s full environmental footprint.
The good news is the world’s coal use has peaked – and will soon rapidly decline. Australia is leading the way, and the rest of the world must soon follow.
Top contributors
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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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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Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Professor of Physics, University of Johannesburg
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Visiting Fellow, Science Policy, University of Sussex
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Senior Research Associate, Renewable Energy & Energy Systems Analyst, UNSW Sydney
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Research fellow, Centre for Policy Futures, The University of Queensland
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Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
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Senior lecturer & Deputy Director Monash Energy Institute, Monash University
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Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University
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Associate Professor, TC Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
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Honorary Associate Professor, Centre for Climate Economics and Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Regional Economic Development, School of Business and Law, CQUniversity Australia
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Professor of Political Philosophy, UNSW Sydney
