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John Quiggin
Policy & Planning
Why Australia has to quit stalling and wean itself off fossil fuels
Australia is not behaving as if climate action is urgent – and by far its biggest shortcoming is the failure to plan for the transition from fossil fuels.
John Quiggin
Apr 7, 2022
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Policy & Planning
The budget should have been a road to Australia’s low-emissions future. Instead, it’s a flight of fancy
The Morrison government is betting heavily on failed climate alternatives and blatantly ignoring internationally proven technology, like electric vehicles.
John Quiggin
May 17, 2021
0
Policy & Planning
No point complaining about it, Australia will face carbon levies unless it changes course
Scott Morrison must face down the denialists and do-nothingists on his own side of politics, or set himself, and Australia, up for a series of humiliations on international stage.
John Quiggin
Feb 16, 2021
0
Commentary
‘Utopian’ currency Bitcoin is a potentially catastrophic energy guzzler
The recent upsurge in the price of Bitcoin seems to have finally awakened the world to the massively destructive environmental consequences of this bubble.
John Quiggin
Dec 12, 2017
4
Coal
Coalition’s energy policy hinges on tricky wordplay about coal’s role
The new policy could end up feeding demand for coal.
John Quiggin
Oct 19, 2017
7
Utilities
The case for renationalising Australia’s electricity grid
The promised outcomes of reform – cheaper and more reliable electricity, competitive markets and rational investment decisions – are further away than ever.
John Quiggin
Mar 7, 2017
8
Renewables
Adani should bow out gracefully from Carmichael coal mine
Defeat of remaining legal challenge to Carmichael coal mine means it is finally time for Adani to put its money where its mouth has been.
John Quiggin
Sep 1, 2016
7
The world is waking up to the $5.3 trillion cost of fossil fuels
As China realises the unpriced costs of coal power, such as air pollution, coal production is starting to fall.
John Quiggin
May 22, 2015
2
The strengthening economic case for fossil fuel divestment
Investment in fossil fuel companies is a bet their primary asset will be sold for more than cost of production. It’s a bad bet.
John Quiggin
Dec 1, 2014
1
There’s more to good policy than increasing GDP
As long as debate about Australian economic policy is framed around maximising the growth rate of GDP, we’re going to get the wrong answers.
John Quiggin
Jun 25, 2012
1
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