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The European Investment Bank's funding of the Trans Adriatic Pipeline will harm the climate and makes little financial sense.
Australians love cooking with gas, but what if you could make your own supply, using leftover food waste? It may be time for more households to embrace home biogas – and stop paying gas bills.
Scientists and government agencies have been studying biofuel production from algae for years. Research points toward a more affordable and efficient production process that recycles water.
More than 200 remote communities in Canada rely on diesel fuel for energy. Cleaner options could fuel a better quality of life.
The world's largest recyclable materials importer will leave other countries searching for alternative waste management solutions.
By rebranding coal as 'dispatchable', the government's National Energy Guarantee looks set to preserve demand for coal-fired power by giving it a new role – one it's not well equipped to fulfil.
A new CSIRO roadmap outlines the options for oil and gas companies to keep pace with the clean energy transition, including solar-powered hydrogen fuel production.
Victoria's plan to legislate its own renewable energy target of 40% by 2025 shows how states are increasingly taking the energy policy reins away from the federal government.
A report released this week by the Australian Council of Social Service has pointed out that many vulnerable households cannot access rooftop solar and efficient appliances, describing the issue as a serious…
A new report from the Climate Council details the climate policy ambitions of Australian cities and local governments, and launches a new project to link their efforts together.
Action on climate change is now increasingly in China's hands, and the decisions the country's leaders make in the next decade will have a profound global impact.
Without help, lower-income people could miss out on the clean energy revolution – hence the arrival of community projects aiming to boost access to solar panels, batteries and other green technology.
Australia is near the back of the pack of rich nations when it comes to policies for clean energy. But there are things we can do about it.
The Trump administration has the tools to slow the momentum Obama started on clean energy. Countering Trump are global market forces and state-level action.
A new report has found that Africa’s air pollution is already causing more premature deaths than unsafe water or childhood malnutrition.
Leonardo DiCaprio's new climate documentary is an urgent call for the promised green tech revolution. But it shows too much faith in politicians and corporations to change their ways.
Will government policy to promote clean energy be disastrous or a boon? A close look at the 2009 stimulus, which plowed $90 billion into energy, can tell us a lot.
The Greens have successfully cast themselves as the party of climate science. But to hit their climate goals they may need to become even more radical, by embracing technologies like nuclear power.
Clean energy in Africa is certainly a possibility despite those in the fossil fuel industry believing this not to be true.
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Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University
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Emeritus Professor in Public Health, University of Sydney
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Director of the Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Law, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Honorary Associate Professor, UNSW
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Professor of Chemistry, Monash University
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CEO at ClimateWorks Australia, Monash University
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Professor, School of Economics, The University of Queensland
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Jean Monnet Chair in Politics and Economics, Monash University
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Professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Macquarie University
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Director of the Climate Change Institute, Australian National University
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Director, Australian solar thermal research initiative, CSIRO
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