Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Abbott government thumbs its nose at ARENA board
Abbott government defies Senate motion and appoints another bureaucrat to board of ARENA, which now has no directors with relevant commercial expertise.
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Could solar households be penalised by carbon price repeal?
Concern mounts that Australia’s one million-plus solar households could face a financial hit from rushed through PUP amendment to the Carbon Repeal Bill.
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A really bad decision that will be difficult to rectify
The government’s monstrously stupid decision will be incredibly hard to rectify, and will be a huge burden for decades.
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AGL sees long term gain from carbon repeal, renewable cuts
AGL – once the greenest of utilities – says repeal of carbon price and dilution of renewables target is good for long term value of business.
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Australia dumps carbon price, as repeal passes Senate
Australia becomes the first country in the world to remove a carbon pricing scheme established to combat climate change. The win for the Coalition is hailed by Abbott and his inner circle of climate deniers, claimed by the PUP, and condemned by almost everyone else.
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The price of carbon: A view from the mendicant state
Tasmania will suffer from the axing of the carbon price, with hundreds of jobs to perish.
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Despite its demise, the carbon price cut emissions
Carbon emissions in Australia’s national electricity market would have been 11 to 17 million tonnes higher if Australia had not introduced a carbon price.
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Delhi considers ‘rent-a-roof’ solar program to meet energy demand
A solar rooftop policy mastered by Indian Prime Minister Modi in his home state of Gujarat is set to be replicated across the country.
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Weather disasters have cost the globe $2.4 trillion
Weather and climate-related disasters have caused $2.4 trillion in economic losses and nearly 2 million deaths globally since 1971.
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Name-dropping for renewables funds always doomed to failure
There was a joke running around the clean energy industry that if you wanted to get government funds for a big project, all you needed was a big corporate name.
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Fortune 500 companies declare renewables “buyers’ principles”
WWF released a set of principles signed by leading Fortune 500 companies that frame the challenges and needs they face as large renewable energy buyers.
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The economic case against fossil fuel
Social entrepreneur Jeremy Leggett questions the wisdom of continuing to invest in oil and gas, and makes the economic argument for switching to solar energy.
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