emissions Archives - Page 24 of 25 - Renew Economy

Graph of the Day: Emissions take toll on Arctic ice
The differences in the Arctic ice cap from 1979 to 2014 are stark – and getting starker.
Douglas Fischer

Jul 25, 2014

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What climate tipping points should we be looking out for?
A ‘tipping point’ – a threshold beyond which a system shifts to a new state – is becoming a familiar concept in discussions of climate.
Andrew Glikson

Jul 16, 2014

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Major greenhouse threat from new CFCs found in air
Thirty years of air samples show three new CFC gases potentially 10,000 times more potent than C02 that could add to global warming.
Alex Kirby

Jun 6, 2014

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Renewable energy target can go all the way to 100% – if we let it
Getting to 100% renewable power sector by 2050 will require not just a practical plan, but also the political will to put it into action.
Andrew Blakers

May 7, 2014

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Direct Action policy still leaves loopholes open for big polluters
Abbott’s Direct Action policy could let the few companies that produce the most pollution off the hook as Greg Hunt reaffirms commitment to climate change.
Jemma Green

Apr 28, 2014

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Energy-smart appliances cut Australian power bills by billions
The value of energy saved in Australia last year alone was around A$3.2 billion. Of this, some A$2.7 billion was saved by households.
Alan Pears

Apr 23, 2014

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Energy schadenfreude – what would you have done?
Many are enjoying the problems faced by German energy giant RWE. But go back to 2000, would you as chairman have done any different?
Craig Morris

Mar 17, 2014

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Commentary

How to save business billions, without cutting renewable jobs
It’s in Australia’s interests not to be left behind in the growth industries of the future – and those include renewable energy.
Suzanne Benn and Patrick Crittenden

Feb 26, 2014

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Running on clean energy: “Question of social and political will”
US has technology and logistical ability to convert to all-renewable energy sources by 2050—if it can manage to exercise necessary social and political will.
Sandy Dechert

Feb 26, 2014

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So if the carbon tax is not working, then what is?
NEM-wide emissions have fallen 14% over the past two spring seasons since the carbon tax was implemented. Something must be working.
Mike Sandiford

Dec 13, 2013

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Will electricity save the car?
Cars undeniably played an important role in shaping life in the last century but will cars, even electric ones, survive the 21st century?
Peter Pudney

Nov 26, 2013

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CEFC could deliver half Australia’s CO2 cuts, and make money
The under-siege CEFC says it could achieve half of Australia’s emissions reductions out to 2020, at no cost to the taxpayer – and still return money to the struggling Federal Budget. So will ideology and sloganeering triumph over smart policy?
Giles Parkinson

Nov 26, 2013

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