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The Australian Instagram influencers being paid to promote gas
Updated – Australian Instagram influencers are being paid to promote the virtues of natural gas, despite its impacts on global warming and public health.
Michael Mazengarb

Jun 25, 2020

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Policy & Planning

New methane data shows gas industry can no longer “hide behind burping cows”
Methane emissions from fossil fuel extraction have been substantially underreported, new research finds, putting more questions over Australia’s gas expansion plans.
Michael Mazengarb

Feb 20, 2020

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Smart Energy

Why the IEA still gets it wrong on fossil fuels
The IEA is using unrealistic assumptions about emissions and CCS to keep coal and oil in the picture.
Greg Muttitt

Apr 3, 2017

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Other Good Stuff

Renewable energy production stagnates in Germany in 2016
There were only minor changes in the share of renewables in Germany last year. The most surprising being the change in natural gas..
Craig Morris

Jan 17, 2017

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Renewables

Why the future belongs to decentralised renewables
China and to some extent India are emerging as the principal practitioners of an alternative vision of energy growth.
John Mathews

Nov 22, 2016

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Policy & Planning

Visions clash at World Energy Congress in Istanbul
World Energy Council gives out clear message on move away from fossil fuels, but the fossil fuel industry wasn’t listening.
Karel Beckman

Oct 17, 2016

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Renewables

US natural gas emissions to surpass those of coal in 2016
CO2 emissions from burning natural gas for electricity in US will surpass those from burning coal – the globe’s chief climate polluter.
Bobby Magill

Aug 31, 2016

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U.S. coal production dropped to 30-year low in 2015
Coal production in the U.S. has dropped to its lowest level in 30 years thanks in part to low natural gas prices and climate policies.
Bobby Magill

Jan 11, 2016

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Fossil fuel companies risk wasting up to $2.2 trillion in the next decade
According to CTI, over $2 trillion of new and existing investment is in danger of being wasted over the coming decade if governments and companies don’t take action to divert investments away from fossil fuels.
Karel Beckman

Nov 30, 2015

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How cheap can energy storage get? Pretty darn cheap
If current trends hold, world is on trajectory for energy storage cheap enough to allow 24/7 clean energy in next 15-20 years
Ramez Naam

Nov 10, 2015

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Toyota vs. Tesla – can hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles compete with EVs?
Toyota is hoping to take a leaf from the Tesla playbook, and encourage an ecosystem of fuel cell suppliers and hydrogen fueling stations. But is this just the fossil fuel economy repackaged?
Tony Seba

Oct 16, 2015

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Renewables: does the IEA continue to underestimate them?
In a new market report on renewable energy, the IEA notes that renewables will represent “the largest single source of electricity growth over the next 5 years.
Karel Beckman

Oct 7, 2015

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