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In a greener future, what becomes of current fossil fuel workers? Despite possessing skills applicable to green industries, their geographical locations will limit their opportunities.
Thinking about getting your home off gas, but don’t know where to begin? Here’s a few handy tips to get you on your way.
The project’s environmental credentials rely on highly speculative technologies, making Middle Arm a grand experiment with our climate.
More than a century of research shows that burning fossil fuels warms the climate – that’s exactly why granting new North Sea oil and gas licenses is a bad idea.
The ban on gas connections to new homes in Victoria reflects global trends and will ultimately save households money and cut their emissions.
Victoria has a plan for the state to electrify, but how do we make the transition fair and equitable for everyone? New research suggests a way forward.
A new report from the Grattan Institute shows most households can save thousands of dollars by getting off gas and switching to electric appliances.
British electricity generators saw their revenues increase by £29 billion in 2022 – here’s why that happened.
China’s partnership with Russia has been unbalanced in recent years, as Beijing grew more powerful.
Over a decade of protest led to the banning of fuel exploration in New Zealand waters. As this extract from a new book explains, that ‘win’ is still precarious and may depend on the election result.
Changes to the petroleum resource rent tax (PRRT) are long overdue, but Labor’s modest attempt at reform represents a missed opportunity.
Capping the wholesale gas price is a poor attempt to decouple the domestic market from the volatile international market. The only sure way forward is a domestic reservation policy for the east coast.
Reducing gas use in our homes will help avoid energy price hikes. But where is the best place to start?
Australia continues to support unlimited growth in fossil fuel production and export, flying in the face of the latest IPCC report. Mapped: 67 new coal, and 49 gas/oil projects.
Households and businesses are set for more hip-pocket pain after regulators flagged hefty electricity price rises in four Australian states.
You won’t like this idea – but we may well need oil and gas companies to make green hydrogen and green chemicals a reality
It can be disruptive or refreshing, and we feel it every single day. But do you ever stop to think what creates wind on our planet?
Developing countries are expected to quit coal faster than any energy transition in history.
Critically endangered grasslands and productive farmland in NSW would be cleared to lay the Hunter Gas Pipeline.
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Program Director, Energy, Grattan Institute
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Senior Industry Fellow, RMIT University
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Energy Advisor, formerly, The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Senior Research Fellow, Business Law and Taxation Dept, Monash Business School, Monash University
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Honorary Associate Professor, Centre for Climate Economics and Policy, Australian National University
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Adjunct Professor, Murdoch University
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Fellow - Melbourne Law School; Senior Researcher - Climate Council; Associate - Australian-German Climate and Energy College, The University of Melbourne
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Andrew Hopkins is a Friend of The Conversation.
Emeritus Professor of Sociology, Australian National University
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Senior Research Associate, Renewable Energy & Energy Systems Analyst, UNSW Sydney
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Senior lecturer, Energy Policy Group, University of Exeter
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Professor of Health, Safety and Environment, Queensland University of Technology and Professor of Practice in Environmental Wellbeing, Office of the Deputy Vice Chancellor (Indigenous Strategy and Services) and Honorary Professor (School of Geosciences), University of Sydney
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Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy and Head of Energy, Institute for Climate Energy and Disaster Solutions, Australian National University
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Professor of Energy and Climate Change, UCL
