Americans want a tax on carbon pollution, but how to get one? | Dana Nuccitelli
A new study finds that Americans are willing to pay an extra $15 per month on energy bills to tackle climate change.According to a new study published by Yale scientists in Environmental Research...
View ArticleBack to square one in energy policy: we now have a plan to produce a plan |...
Details are scant about the national energy guarantee. From what we know so far, battles are looming on several fronts A year and a day — that’s how long it took Frydenberg to kill off “Finkel”.On 7...
View Article'Way off the planet': regional businesses use renewables to slash costs
From solar to running generators, some have quit the energy grid and several others are showing interest in ‘defecting’In the heart of Queensland’s mining belt, a businessman who has grown his...
View ArticleNew data gives hope for meeting the Paris climate targets | Dana Nuccitelli
Global carbon pollution appears to be close to peakingOver the past half-century, growth in the global economy and carbon pollution have been tied together. When the global economy has been strong,...
View ArticleHuge private sector investment puts Paris climate target in reach, says report
Global investment could hold the key to fighting climate change, with one trillion dollars already invested in solutions such as renewables and energy efficiency, says International Finance...
View ArticleJerome Powell: a boring choice for Fed chair, despite the interesting times
The lawyer’s main qualification for leading the world’s most powerful central bank seems to be his lack of strong viewsJerome Powell was Wall Street’s choice to run the Federal Reserve. Given Donald...
View ArticleHow India’s battle with climate change could determine all of our fates
India’s population and emissions are rising fast, and its ability to tackle poverty without massive fossil fuel use will decide the fate of the planet“It’s a lucky charm,” says Rajesh, pointing to the...
View ArticleSouth Australia experiences dramatic fall in energy costs after gas deal
Expert says analysis shows need for more orderly transition from fossil fuels, with more notice of closure of coal plants South Australia’s renewables-heavy electricity market has been turned upside...
View ArticleThe seven megatrends that could beat global warming: 'There is reason for hope'
Until recently the battle to avert catastrophic climate change – floods, droughts, famine, mass migrations – seemed to be lost. But with the tipping point just years away, the tide is finally turning,...
View ArticleUK's biggest solar farm planned for Kent coast
Subsidy-free plant would cover 900 acres of farmland near Great Expectations marshes at Faversham, dwarfing output of UK’s current largest solar siteAn enormous solar power station is planned for the...
View ArticleUS switches focus of its Bonn event from clean energy to fossil fuels
One of US’s only public events, originally billed as promoting clean energy, has since been changed to favour coal and nuclear powerThe US has changed the focus of one of its few public events at the...
View ArticleIt’s true, wind turbines are monstrous. But I have learned to love them |...
At first I resented the way they blocked the view. But now the towers look like part of a brighter futureOver the last few months I have been watching with mixed feelings as the Rampion wind farm...
View ArticleAn Inconvenient Sequel – the science, history, and politics of climate change...
Al Gore’s new film is worth watchingAl Gore’s new movie ‘An Inconvenient Sequel’ is, in some ways, similar to his groundbreaking Inconvenient Truth project, but different in other ways. Those key...
View ArticleReplacing Liddell coal plant with clean energy $1.3bn cheaper – analysis
A clean energy package will have a zero pollution outcome compared with 40m tonnes under Coalition’s plan to extend the NSW plant, UTS modelling reveals• Renewables could reliably contribute 50% to...
View ArticleE-bikes: time to saddle up with low-cost energy and no sweat?
E-bikes are well-established in some EU countries, but how about the UK? Old-school cyclist Peter Kimpton tries a new model to see if he’d be tempted to swap“E-bikes are fantastic. I use them all the...
View ArticleThe Queensland election's renewables versus coal debate isn't about jobs....
Since environmentalists support renewable energy, conservatives must oppose it. But they are delaying the inevitableOf the issues in the Queensland election campaign, proposals for new investment in...
View ArticleRenewables will drive 'steep decline' in wholesale electricity price in...
Exclusive: Frontier Economics’ modelling commissioned by government says 6,000MW of renewable capacity entering market will reduce prices in 2018-20Modelling commissioned by the Turnbull government as...
View ArticleNew nuclear power cannot rival windfarms on price, energy boss says
Innogy Renewables chief claims future reactors will not be competitive as offshore windfarms become even cheaper New nuclear power stations in the UK can no longer compete with windfarms on price,...
View ArticleMelbourne consortium underwrites windfarm in Australian-first deal
Some of Melbourne’s most recognisable sights will be powered by a new 39-turbine windfarm after 14 organisations agree to buy half its power outputThree Melbourne councils, two universities, Zoos...
View ArticleWeatherwatch: rescuing weather records from Ben Nevis
More than 3,000 ‘citizen-scientists’ have transcribed into digital form the 1.5m observations made at the Ben Nevis weather observatory from 1883 to 1904In 1883 a weather observatory was opened on...
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