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Departing Swan takes aim at Coalition “right wing thugs” over carbon price
By Sophie Vorrath on 12 February 2018
Retiring Labor stalwart Wayne Swan cites losing carbon price debate to “vicious” Abbott-led scare campaign as major regret.
Tag: "climate change"
How solar, wind and hydro could power the world, at lower cost
By Giles Parkinson on 9 February 2018
An updated study from US and Danish academics says we can electrify the world through using mainly solar, wind and hydro – and for a quarter of the cost of fossil fuels, if you factor in savings from avoided damage to the environment and health.
Warming past 1.5°C: Quantifying our Faustian bargain with fossil fuels
By David Spratt on 1 February 2018
The climate system will heat well past 1.5 °C and perhaps up to 2°C without any further fossil fuel emissions, new research finds.
Shorten hails cheap wind and solar, but will he stop Adani?
By Giles Parkinson on 31 January 2018
Shorten says transition to renewables key to cheap and reliable energy, new industries, and the future of the reef. But he’s going to have to work hard to make this a major issue in what could be an election year, and he needs to be clear about Adani.
‘We have to change capitalism’ to beat climate change, says world’s biggest asset manager
By Climate Home News on 25 January 2018
Top brass at the world’s largest asset manager says the rules governing investments are evolving to factor in environmental risks
Geoengineering carries ‘large risks’ for the natural world, studies show
By Daisy Dunne on 24 January 2018
Reducing the impacts of human-caused climate change through use of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage could have major consequences for wildlife, forests and water resources.
Trump’s solar tariff backfires: It hits red states and U.S. taxpayers harder than China
By Joe Romm on 24 January 2018
White House wanted to use solar tariffs to punish China, but it will end up punishing the states that voted for him the most.
The climate solution no-one in Davos will be talking about
By Ian Lefond and Timmons Robers on 23 January 2018
At Davos, the world’s economic elite will make much of climate crisis and their desire to green global capitalism; but will ignore one of the most powerful tools.
Climate • Coal • Other Good Stuff • Renewables • Solar
Will mainstream media be duped in 2018 by climate denial spin doctors?
By Kevin Grandia on 18 January 2018
Will 2018 be the year that mainstream media is not duped by professional spin doctors and fake experts paid to downplay and deny the realities of climate change?
Federal Climate Policy Review: a recipe for business as usual
By Rebecca Pearse on 20 December 2017
There are four key steps to ensure that climate policy remains a recipe for business as usual, and the Australian government has followed them to the letter.
Turnbull’s big climate fail, and no positive change in policy
By Sophie Vorrath on 19 December 2017
Turnbull government review declares its climate policy a success. New data, however, tells a different story.
