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In the wake of the Paris Climate Agreement, France has committed to cutting achieving carbon neutrality for its building stock by 2050. While the goal is ambitious, the challenges are significant.
Suncor’s base plant with upgraders in the oil sands in Fort McMurray Alta., June 13, 2017.
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Canada’s proposed new environmental assessment law is facing heated, if not necessarily well-informed, opposition. The real question is whether it goes far enough.
William Nordhaus argues markets can help curb climate change.
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William Nordhaus showed that the market offers the best chance for preventing global catastrophe form climate change.
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Low level carbon monoxide poisoning leads to a wide range of nonspecific but significant symptoms – making it very difficult to detect.
Salt water is fun to swim in – but it also carries the electrical signals vital for life.
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We take salt water for granted, and often overlook how important it is for our own lives and in sustaining a healthy planet.
Australia needs to think about the energy grid of the future.
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‘Energy security’ isn’t just about cheaper bills. We urgently need to design a modern, safe Australian grid.
Are bulb bans a bright idea?
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Encouraging people to buy LED bulbs is not a long-term solution. We need lighting which is kind to the planet and our health.
Shorten, making the announcement, will say the present trigger is too weak because it doesn’t have to be activated when prices are high.
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A Labor government would introduce a permanent gas export control trigger that could be pulled when prices were too high, not just when a shortfall is forecast.
Melissa Price, the new Minister for the Environment, has a tough road ahead.
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Splitting the energy and environment portfolios might sound like a backward step, but here’s why it could work.
Indonesia has decided that state-owned oil and gas firm Pertamina will take over the Rokan block, in Riau, from Chevron when the US energy firm’s operating contract expires in 2021.
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The recent Rokan block deal signals a shift to a more nationalist agenda, but Indonesia’s government is still pursuing other more outward-looking economic policies.
Modelling should be a chance to test your assumptions, not just confirm them.
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We need to move past biased, opaque models for energy policies.
Computer servers mining bitcoin in Italy.
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Bitcoin is often criticized for using up tons of energy. But its carbon footprint may not be that bad.
Inside a power-plant cooling tower.
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Three Mile Island, Chernobyl and Fukushima demonstrated the difficulty of managing a disaster at a nuclear power plant. What is the situation in France?
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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.
Analysts hope that South Africa’s new energy plan will have wind and solar plans.
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South Africa’s new energy plan is set to be announced.
Rob from Harwick, Stockton-on-Tees, where life expectancy is low, spoke to BBC Panorama about health inequalities.
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In a developed country like the UK, why can life expectancy within just a few miles differ by as much as 18 years?
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Our energy supply underpins everything we do – so why is it exempt from the fair trade arguments used for food and clothing?
Residents near big solar projects are often concerned they cause glare and noise.
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Big solar has a potentially bright future in cities, but we need to get the planning right first.
“No Linky” posters in Montreuil, near Paris. The first one reads “Linky: You can say no.” The second reads “Linky spies on your private life.” Some residents fear data surveillance rather than looking at possible advantages of smart meters.
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A recent study suggests that smart meters can help households reduce their electricity use by as much as 5%. Are France’s anti-Linky households listening?
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Blockchains and AI could play a key role in the decentralised energy systems of the future.