Business Archives - Renew Economy

“Urgent action needed now”: More than 100 companies demand more renewables
More than 100 Australian companies have issued a joint call to governments to ramp up spending on renewables.
Michael Mazengarb

May 5, 2021

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Policy & Planning

ClimateWorks to launch platform to track business pledges on zero emissions
ClimateWorks will create a new register of corporate and government pledges to tackle climate change to track contributions towards Paris Agreement.
Michael Mazengarb

Jun 5, 2019

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Storage

Commercial battery boom headed for Australia, despite “outdated policy”
Survey finds 62% of businesses plan to invest in battery storage in next 18 months. But can governments and regulators keep up?
Sophie Vorrath

Apr 13, 2018

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Other Good Stuff

Trump’s oil problem
The president promised a surge of jobs and tax revenue from oil. His policies won’t deliver either one.
Jeremy Deaton

Aug 14, 2017

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Trump budget eviscerates climate and clean energy programs
The Budget Blueprint would cut more than 50 programs from the EPA, including Obama’s Clean Power Plan.
Bobby Magill

Mar 17, 2017

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Conservatives push carbon tax to address climate crisis
A group of prominent US Republicans has proposed a carbon tax that pays cash dividends to Americans.
John Upton

Feb 9, 2017

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The climate impacts of Trump’s ExxonMobil pick for chief diplomat
President-elect Trump on rounds out a potential dream team of anti-environment cabinet members with the chief executive officer of ExxonMobil.
John Upton

Dec 14, 2016

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Policy & Planning

Supermoon floods warn of crisis facing Donald Trump
Donald Trump is preparing to lead America during a perilous period for the 130 million residents of its coastal counties.
John Upton

Nov 18, 2016

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Policy & Planning

How California passed the most ambitious climate change rules
The state’s new climate goals are far more ambitious than those of the US overall, and they’re in line with ambitions in Europe.
John Upton

Aug 26, 2016

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Renewables

Wind at China’s back to amp up its renewables
China can tap just 10 percent of its wind resources to supply more than a quarter of its electricity by 2030, according to an MIT study.
Bobby Magill

Jun 27, 2016

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21 countries are cutting carbon emissions while growing GDP
A new trend is challenging the old argument that economic growth can not be driven by, or even coexist with, carbon reduction.
Nate Aden

Apr 6, 2016

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Shale gas legacy: US accounts for most of global methane growth
There was a huge global spike in one of the most potent greenhouse gases driving climate change over the last decade, and the U.S. may be the biggest culprit.
Bobby Magill

Feb 17, 2016

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