Economics
David Leitch is a regular contributor to Renew Economy. He is principal at ITK, specialising in analysis of electricity, gas and decarbonisation drawn from 33 years experience in stockbroking research & analysis for UBS, JPMorgan and predecessor firms.
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Coal, nuclear and renewable bombshells from Trump’s grid study
US energy department debunks Trump attack on renewables, shows ageing fleet of coal and nuclear plants not economic to operate anymore.
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Australia needs to cut electricity sector emissions by 60% by 2030
Renewables must play key role in ramping up the abatement from the electricity sector in Australia.
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Trump’s argument for quitting Paris deal contains multi-trillion dollar math error
The economic study Trump uses to justify the US leaving the Paris climate accord fails to factor in one massive cost: human-caused climate change.
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10 reasons why Donald Trump might accidentally help climate action
Donald Trump might actually reduce US emissions, however unintentionally.
A new trend is challenging the old argument that economic growth can not be driven by, or even coexist with, carbon reduction.
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Wind and solar will soon become ‘least-cost option almost universally’
The average cost of developing wind projects will fall by 32% and the cost of solar PV projects will fall by 48% by 2040.
Like a snake eating its own tail, our growth-orientated civilisation suffers from the delusion that there are no environmental limits to growth.
