Exxon Mobil has a clear motive to back a new plan to tax carbon with its clout and money. And a carbon tax that is high enough to work might prove politically impossible to enact.
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William Nordhaus showed that the market offers the best chance for preventing global catastrophe form climate change.
Environmentalists claimed victory when a court ruling put the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion on hold. But delaying or cancelling the project would also impact Canada's climate change strategy.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has abandoned the emissions-reduction component of his signature energy policy, in the latest chapter of a brutal decade-long saga for Australian climate policy.
The carbon tax is an unpopular and deeply unequal measure. And Sweden, given as an example in this field, needs to be examined more closely.
Ontario and Saskatchewan are vociferously fighting the federal government's carbon tax efforts. But rather than back down, Ottawa should embrace a simple, fair and transparent “carbon dividend.”
The latest annual survey from the Lowy Institute shows that 59% of Australians support strong climate action, and 84% want the government to embrace renewable energy even if it's more expensive.
Canada has committed to cutting GHG emissions 30 per cent by 2030 from 2005 levels. Can Canada's oil capital lead the charge? New research shows it's within reach with bold actions on several fronts.
Barnaby Joyce had a long history of opposing climate action. His successor Michael McCormack seems to think the same way, despite climate being a growing threat to the Nationals' rural voters.
Australia's flagship climate policy, has spent more than $2 billion on emissions reductions, yet big businesses could wipe all this out. Time to resurrect the idea of a simple carbon tax.
Nuclear power provides 60 percent of US carbon-free electricity generation, but existing plants are aging and only one is under construction. Should government intervene to keep nuclear energy in the mix?
With the US announcement that it would withdrawl from the Paris Accord, several American states are mobilizing to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
Paul Keating's government, faced with the prospect of international action on climate change, took steps to preserve the coal industry - a tactic that has been rebooted many times since.
Fossil fuel divestment apparently works. Research suggests announcements of divestments have a significant impact on the fossil fuel industry's share prices.
Consistent carbon pricing is a key element in the fight against climate change.
While Tony Abbott's London climate speech has been widely criticised, research suggests his views have long had a sympathetic ear in Australia's coal heartland.
What happens when the gap between a company and its umbrella group gets too wide? We're about to find out.
The Turnbull government is still tying itself in knots over the future of coal, as literally decades of policy turmoil on climate and energy continue to roll on.
The environmental issues we face are ideal recruiting for green parties, but the breakthroughs aren't happening, and after 25 years as a federal party the Greens are still fighting on the same fronts.
Climate change, insects and urban farm towers are a few things that will change how and what we eat in the future.
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Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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PhD Candidate, Sustainable Consumption Institute, University of Manchester
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Lecturer, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
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Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University
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Director, Centre for Climate Economics and Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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CEO at ClimateWorks Australia, Monash University
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Associate Professor, School of Geography, University of Melbourne
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Director, Centre for Environmental Economics and Policy, University of Western Australia
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Adjunct professor, Monash University
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Researcher at the Australian German Climate and Energy College, University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor ANU College of Law and Associate Director of the ANU Centre for Climate Law and Policy, Australian National University
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Professor of Climate and Environmental Law, University of Sydney
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Senior Visiting Fellow in Energy Systems, UNSW
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Professorial Research Fellow, Victoria University
