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Sending the right signals: How Paris deal can close emissions gap
The national climate plans (INDCs) that countries have submitted so far in the run-up to COP 21 in Paris would short fall of what’s required.
World Resources Institute

Oct 26, 2015

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Is Turnbull for turning on climate change?
In his first Question Time as PM, Malcolm Turnbull did little to shake the impression he has sold out on climate change. So has he?
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 16, 2015

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Making up numbers: The cost of emissions reduction targets
The Abbott govt says its low-ball emissions target is best for Australia’s economy – while Labor’s would ‘devastate’ it. But is the maths right?
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 12, 2015

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Australians prefer renewables: 84% say solar their ideal energy source, 69% wind
Climate Institute survey finds 84% of Australians prefer solar to be in ideal energy mix of three sources, then wind at 69%, and hydro.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 10, 2015

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Coal: the Captain’s call and its catastrophic implications
If Abbott gets his way on Carmichael coal mine, it will not only be an environmental disaster, but the biggest economic disaster in Australia’s history.
Ian Dunlop

Aug 7, 2015

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Obama just created a carbon cap-and-trade program
As the Obama Administration honed its historic new climate rules affecting power plants, it began thinking about electricity more broadly.
John Upton

Aug 6, 2015

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Queensland mega-coal mine approval overturned by Federal Court
Federal Court rules environment minister Greg Hunt failed to properly assess environmental impacts of proposed Carmichael coal mine in Queensland’s Galilee Basin.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 5, 2015

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One year on from the carbon price, Australia’s emissions rebound is clear
If you look at the carbon tax as an experiment, there are four main conclusions you can draw from its results, 12 months after the price was removed.
Hugh Saddler

Jul 22, 2015

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3 reasons why the EPA should do more to reduce carbon pollution from power plants
Increasingly cost-effective efficiency and renewable energy opportunities mean that the EPA can and should require even greater emissions reductions.
Michael Obeiter and Kevin Kennedy

Dec 5, 2014

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Why uncontrolled climate change may be an ultimate limit to growth
Sustainability is possible over the next century, but only if we control climate change.
Jack Pezzey

Oct 30, 2014

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What price carbon in Europe?
Will the 2030 carbon target revive the ETS market? The switch from coal to gas needs a carbon price of €36/tonne.
Energy Transition

Mar 24, 2014

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Graph of the Day: Major industrial carbon producers
Who is responsible for climate change? New study identifies the top 90 producers of industrial carbon emissions
Peter Frumhoff

Nov 22, 2013

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