As the notion of flight shame is taking off around the world, emissions from aviation are making a small but growing contribution to global warming.
Haitians gather at a closed gas station in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, hoping it will open eventually, Sept. 4, 2019. Gas shortages have forced stations across the country to close or reduced their operating hours in recent weeks.
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Haiti has been paralyzed by general strikes and crippling fuel shortages for much of September. Its government is barely functioning. Here’s the history behind the crisis.
A U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet launching from the USS Theodore Roosevelt on full afterburner.
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Many current and former US military leaders call climate change a serious national security threat, but few of them mention the Defense Department’s big carbon footprint.
Demonstrators march down Paris’ Champs-Elysees Dec. 8.
AP Photo/Michel Euler
A populist movement that threatened to topple a French government more than 60 years ago has important lessons for today’s protests and why they represent a reckoning.
Australia needs to think about the energy grid of the future.
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Nick Florin, University of Technology Sydney and Ben Madden, University of Technology Sydney
A recycling company has received tens of millions from the federal government to develop solid waste fuel. This fuel reduces landfill, shrinks our carbon footprint and protects the environment.
An emissions cap could save Australians up to A$500 each year in fuel costs.
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The Australian government is considering a cap on car emissions, and the savings in fuel and health costs mean there’s no reason to delay.
Want cleaner air? Stop leaving your car engine running while you’re stopped at lights or waiting for a passenger, and demand better regulations from the government.
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Australia needs stronger policy aimed at curbing air pollution, but the options currently on the table fall short. For now, we could all aim to drive less and turn off the engine when the car is idle.
South African consumers are paying far too much for petrochemicals products.
REUTERS/Siphiwe Sibeko
While this year’s relative stability in crude oil prices appears to have lulled us into a false sense of security, the dramatic fall over the last few weeks reminds us just how volatile these prices can…
Indonesia raised its subsidised fuel prices by more than 30% as an effort to escape the country’s current account deficit.
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Indonesia’s move to cut fuel subsidies, raising the prices of petrol and diesel by more than 30%, could be a game-changer for Indonesia’s economy. The subsidies, which have kept fuel prices in Indonesia…
Finance Minister Mathias Cormann will introduce the fuel excise indexation measure by way of putting on a tariff.
AAP/Alan Porritt
Motorists will pay more for petrol from November despite the Senate numbers not being there to pass the budget’s fuel tax hike. The government has found a way around the recalcitrant Senate – it is imposing…