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Australia could double its energy productivity by 2030: report
Switching to alternative energy sources, such as renewables, and using more electric cars could double Australia’s energy productivity.
Anna Skarbek

Mar 11, 2015

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The video sensation that could tip balance against coal in China
Under the Dome, a documentary on pollution in China that has been viewed by more than 200 million people, could turn the tables against fossil fuels in the world’s biggest polluter. Merrill Lynch says the video could have as big an impact Al Gore’s “An Inconvenient Truth”. Bad news for coal and oil; good news for solar, wind.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 4, 2015

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Global Carbon markets pave way for clean energy investment
Following more than two centuries of fossil-fueled industrialization, an incipient era of carbon-pollution pricing is paying dividends to the climate.
John Upton

Feb 24, 2015

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The year the climate ‘dam of denial’ breaks – ready for the flood?
Could 2015 be the year the ‘dam of denial’ blocking climate action breaks? If it is, it won’t be due to politics, but to the market waking up to the economic threat posed by climate change and the economic opportunity in the inevitable decline of fossil fuels.
Paul Gilding

Feb 23, 2015

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Musicians sign on to amplify fossil fuel divestment!
The evidence stacks up that investing in coal is not just an environmental disaster but also a fundamentally myopic investment decision.
Tim Hollo

Feb 12, 2015

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US no. 2 to China in clean energy investments in 2014
Clean energy is growing again in the U.S. as investments in renewables increased in 2014 after a two-year decline.
Bobby Magill

Feb 6, 2015

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Keystone XL pipeline would emit 1 billion extra tons of GHGs
If built, the Keystone XL pipeline would send about 800,000 barrels of Canadian tar sands oil per day to refineries in Texas.
Bobby Magill

Feb 5, 2015

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Climate change mitigation’s best-kept secret – capture methane
There are fairly easy ways to dramatically slow our methane emissions — if we make the commitment to do so.
Jim Motavalli

Feb 2, 2015

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Australian universities fail on climate, carbon investment strategies
Australian universities lead on research on climate change, but their boards get a fail on acting on their own climate and carbon risks.
Kate Mackenzie

Jan 28, 2015

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US coal in decline, heading in the same direction as compact discs
Technological progress has been brutal to the yellow pages and compact discs. Coal may be headed the same way in the U.S.
Bobby Magill

Jan 22, 2015

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Featured

How Pope Francis could tip the balance against fossil fuels
6 years ago, Pope Benedict XVI installed more than 1,000 solar panels on the Vatican’s audience hall, helping him earn him the sobriquet of the “Green Pope”. Pope Francis may just go one step further. He could tip the balance against fossil fuels, as the world’s wealthiest institution takes on the world’s most powerful industry.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 23, 2014

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Commentary

The year that was: RenewEconomy’s top 20 stories of 2014
From India’s ‘saffron revolution’ to SA’s day of 100% renewables, to energy storage and Tony Abbott’s cuddle with coal. It’s our most read stories of 2014.
Sophie Vorrath

Dec 23, 2014

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