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?
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A metal found in industrial wastes could help store solar and wind energy until it’s needed.
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.
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Renewable resources are being exploited to the extent that there is a loss of species and future generations are threatened.
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Solar power has enormous potential, but provides only about one percent of world electricity today. An engineer explains the many steps it takes to make solar panels that are efficient, clean and cheap.
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.
Labor has promised 50% of electricity will come from renewable sources by 2050, but has left the detail for after the election.
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Labor’s detailed climate policy is ambitious, but it remains to be seen if it will capture the voters.
A Bill Shorten led Labor government would introduce a two-phase emissions trading scheme.
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A Labor government would bring in its emissions trading scheme in two stages, together with a separate scheme for the electricity sector.
Environment Minister Greg Hunt and Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull must put some substance behind their climate rhetoric.
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It was all a bit much for me to see Environment Minister Greg Hunt wallowing in the signing of the Paris Agreement on emissions reduction in New York this week. His commitment to its ratification by year…
The earth is a finite place.
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The global economy is already unsustainable – let alone if it gets bigger.
We know London’s air is polluted – partly thanks to EU monitoring.
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There’s a near-consensus among relevant experts in academia, NGOs and parliament.
An LNG tanker leaves Gladstone, Queensland. Gas development is one of the drivers behind Australia’s increasing emissions and electricity demand.
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Over the past year Australia’s greenhouse gas emissions from electricity rose 2.7%.
Malcolm Turnbull’s speech to the Paris climate summit lacked real focus, but he still has time to grab the issue with both hands before the election.
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Australia has been mired in climate confusion for years - as reflected by its underwhelming performance at last year’s Paris climate summit. Here’s how to get things back on an even keel.
Electricity emissions have risen by 5.5% in the past two years due to increasing demand and the scrapping of Labor’s carbon price.
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Modelling done for the Climate Institute indicates that without big policy changes Australia’s path to zero emissions from the electricity sector by 2050 would mean huge disruption after 2030.
Investment in renewables has slowed to trickle.
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Renewable energy has had a rough time in Australia. Good climate policy could fix that.
How long do we wait for evidence of harm before accepting something is safe?
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A moratorium on wind turbines until we know they’re safe sounds like a good idea, but it’s likely that those calling for a ban will never be satisfied with the evidence.
Large-scale solar projects have been highlighted for investment in the new fund.
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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced a new “Clean Energy Innovation Fund”. But will it generate much-needed investment in the sector?
South Africa has made promises to decarbonise but is hugely reliable on coal - so this is difficult.
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The process of decarbonisation is a complex one for South Africa, as most its power supply comes from coal.
Renewables could be a better answer to India’s power problems.
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A new analysis suggests that, all things considered, renewables are actually better than coal at lifting India’s energy-poor out of poverty.
The U.S. oil industry is in the doldrums, but there’s not much the next (or current) president can do about it.
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The next president will have little power to slow the growth of renewable energy, sliding oil prices or coal’s decline.