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Why China is becoming a renewables super power, and the West is not
Unless Western countries intervene in their economies to build green energy and resource systems, they will continue to be defeated in this field by China.
John Mathews

May 29, 2015

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Tesla battery heralds beginning of the end for fossil fuels
The launch of Tesla’s Powerwall puts fossil fuels on the defensive, fighting the new normal of cheaper renewable supplies and storage.
John Mathews

May 6, 2015

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Why cheap oil will NOT wreck the prospects for renewable energy
When oil prices collapsed in the 1980s, most large renewable energy programs were dismantled. But that won’t happen this time.
John Mathews

Jan 20, 2015

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Chile’s mines set hot pace on renewables – Australia should take note
Chile is now emerging as the southern hemisphere’s renewable energy giant, so what can we learn from our Pacific neighbours?
John Mathews

Dec 17, 2014

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Trans-Pacific partnership threatens a green trade deal
The Trans-Pacific Partnership threatens green trade deal that could ultimately do more to reduce carbon emissions than international climate agreements.
John Mathews

Oct 22, 2014

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Tomatoes watered by the sea: sprouting a new way of farming
What if the world’s food, water and energy problems were tackled together, cutting costs and making the whole greater than the sum of the parts?
John Mathews

Feb 18, 2014

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Time for a new global trade deal – on green growth
The next big international trade deals should focus on green growth.
John Mathews

Dec 6, 2013

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Want a big idea? Let’s lead the world and free up cleantech trade
Australia has embraced clean technology, but if we want to make a big difference we should help free up cleantech trade.
John Mathews

Jun 24, 2013

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Here’s an idea – let’s lead the world and free up cleantech trade
Getting the G20 to commit to free trade in clean technology would do more to mitigate global warming than all the efforts made under Kyoto to date.
John Mathews

Jun 20, 2013

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Keystone XL threatens true American ‘energy independence’
The impending Keystone XL decision will signal whether the US is ready to move from quick profits to investments in renewable technology.
John Mathews

May 29, 2013

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Exxon’s Pegasus oil spill – and the myth of US energy independence
The oil industry is spreading cheeriness about unconventional sources, meanwhile, a major US oil-pipe spill went largely unreported over Easter.
John Mathews

May 10, 2013

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Germany’s energy stock-take: More power to the people
Germany’s energy transformation has led to a democratisation of economic power unprecedented in the industrial world.
John Mathews

Apr 8, 2013

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