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NZ’s electricity market is a mess. Rolling out rooftop solar would change the game
Wholesale electricity prices in New Zealand have soared over recent weeks, climbing as high as NZ$1,000 per megawatt hour and forcing pulp and paper mills to curb production. More rooftop solar would help.
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Aug 21, 2024

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Renewables

Could $1 billion actually bring solar manufacturing back to Australia? It’s worth a shot
By 2050, solar should provide most of our electricity – but only if we have enough panels. Can they be made in Australia?
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Mar 28, 2024

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Climate

Carbon markets are broken: Here’s how to fix them
When even Taylor Swift gets scoffed for buying offsets, you know that carbon markets are broken. Here are some solutions.
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Mar 11, 2024

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Do we want a wind farm outside our window? What Australians think about the net zero transition
Australians have strong concerns about the impact of renewable energy projects in their backyard.
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Jan 29, 2024

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Solar

How big a share of our electricity needs can rooftop solar provide? It’s complicated
To fully realise Australia’s huge rooftop solar potential we must first work out how to manage the three key challenges of people powered energy.
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Jan 9, 2024

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The COP28 climate agreement is a step backwards on fossil fuels
Countries agreed to ‘transition away’ from fossil fuels, but oil and gas firms are ramping up production.
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Dec 14, 2023

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Renewables

Making money green: Australia takes first steps towards a net zero finance strategy
Australia’s financial system must urgently transform itself to meet the climate challenge.
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Nov 8, 2023

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Solar

UK PM says solar farms are a “blight on the landscape.” Here’s how they benefit wildlife
Liz Truss, the new UK prime minister, isn’t a fan of solar farms. But new evidence suggests they can address more than one of the crises facing the world.
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Oct 14, 2022

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Policy & Planning

Four lessons for Labor in making its climate targets law
The Albanese government should take lessons from existing climate laws to ensure it follows best practice. We can’t afford to get this wrong.
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Jul 25, 2022

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Policy & Planning

Grim findings from Australia’s latest environment health check
Major new report finds climate change is exacerbating pressures on every Australian ecosystem.
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Jul 19, 2022

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Policy & Planning

Australian climate policy pays people to grow trees that already existed – we can do better
Regeneration of native forests is a valid and desirable way to reduce emissions and generate carbon credits. But the ERF method is deeply flawed.
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Jul 15, 2022

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Regional towns could be wiped out by move to net-zero. Here’s their best chance for survival
The demise of fossil fuels could prompt a boom in new green industries, but only if governments back the zero carbon transition.
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Jul 4, 2022

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