Hysterical Bill Shorten headlines miss the point: no credible climate policy...
It’s been hard to miss the hyperventilating news coverage about Labor’s new emissions ‘aspiration’, but neither major party has a plan for climate changeIt was hard to miss the screaming headlines as I...
View ArticleHow one homeless child inspired this Bangladeshi to help hundreds
At 21, Korvi Rakshand had to turn away from a little girl who asked for his help, that led him to start his country’s most innovative education NGOIt was a day playing with plastic bottles that changed...
View ArticleI support solar energy because of my Tea Party beliefs — not despite them |...
Big energy utilities are attacking solar energy and limiting choice for ordinary Americans. Conservatives and progressives should unite to fight backI am a lifelong conservative and, also, a strong...
View ArticleThe nine green policies killed off by the Tory government
Onshore wind, solar, green homes ... we round up the measures that have gone under the knife in what some are calling the worst period for UK environmental policy in 30 yearsAmber Rudd has been accused...
View ArticleThe innovators: how tiny amounts of wind energy could light up Africa
Royal College of Art graduate Charlotte Slingsby has developed energy generation system involving sheets of plastic with wave-like filamentsWhile the cost of electricity is a constant bugbear in many...
View ArticleHillary Clinton pledges half a billion solar panels for US if she wins office
Democratic presidential frontrunner also says she wants America to generate enough clean renewable energy to power every home within 10 years Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has...
View ArticleMalcolm Turnbull undermines Abbott's 'electricity tax scam' claim over ETS
As the PM ramps up attack on Labor’s promised emissions trading scheme, the communications minister admits all emission reduction policies come at a cost Malcolm Turnbull has cut through the slogans...
View ArticleLiberal MP lobbies Coalition to drop push to ban wind and solar investment
Victorian MP Sarah Henderson asks the government to include in its draft mandate investment in emerging technologies such as wind and solar A Liberal backbencher is lobbying the government to stop its...
View ArticleETS would be more cost-effective than higher renewables target, analyst says
An emissions trading scheme would be cheaper and more effective than Labor’s 50% renewables goal or the government’s Direct Action policy, Paul Hyslop saysThe author of the $60bn price tag for Bill...
View ArticleGreen cuts risk sending UK back to the dark ages
The UK government’s sudden abolition of subsidies for wind, solar and biomass energy send a risky message and could shake investor confidenceThe government’s U-turn on renewable energy risks sending...
View ArticleSolar Impulse's troubled round-the-world flight: ‘We need to raise €20m'
The solar plane’s attempt to fly around the world has been grounded by battery failure. As the pilots regroup for the next leg, they discuss the highs and lows of their epic journeyThe darkest moment...
View ArticleClimate change and the case for funding energy-efficiency schemes | Letters
I agree with much of your first comment on climate change (Editorial, 23 July). However, I would like to expand upon the observation that “just like fracking and nuclear, greening the energy supply...
View ArticleIs Hillary Clinton's ambitious solar energy goal for the US workable? | Karl...
Clinton’s first climate change policy pitch – for renewables to provide 33% of the nation’s electricity by 2027 – is bold, but the US must look beyond solar for a clean energy revolutionOn Sunday,...
View ArticleOne bidder is nice for RSA Insurance – but More Than one would be better
UK insurer may have Zurich eyeing it up for a takeover, but boss Stephen Hester knows shareholders will want him to see whether others might take a ganderHere’s a safe prediction: a sale of RSA...
View ArticleSolar power – an array of misconceptions | Letters
Geoff Moore (Letters, 28 July) seems very poorly informed as to how the payments for rooftop solar arrays are calculated. If nothing is generated and therefore there is no export to the grid, the...
View ArticleTony Abbott wrong on coal being ‘good for humanity’, Oxfam report finds
Report says Australia must embrace renewables and coal exacts an ‘enormous toll’ on health, drives climate change and is ineffective in delivering electricity to world’s poor Tony Abbott is mistaken in...
View ArticleFossil fuel industry still winning the investment war, experts say
Fossil fuel divestment campaigners still have work to do, meeting held by Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts is told. Climate News Network reportsThere’s sobering news for campaigners trying to...
View ArticleQueensland solar farm faces legal challenge from sugar cane proponents
Planning minister, Jackie Trad, considers using ‘call-in’ power that would give her final approval which could not be challengedThe Queensland government is considering stepping in to head off a legal...
View ArticleEurope's offshore wind hits record yearly high with six months still to go
Germany drives bumper year for European offshore wind in 2015, installing three times more capacity than current leader, the UKEurope’s offshore wind power industry has set a record for its biggest...
View ArticleCan technology free developing countries from light poverty?
LED and solar technology is liberating remote communities from dependence on unhealthy fuel, explains US department of energy scientist Evan MillsA sixth of humanity spends upwards of $40bn (£26bn) per...
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