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Policy & Planning

Australia emissions rise for 3rd year in row, despite fall in electricity
Australia emissions rise for 3rd year, with electricity the only sector to show a fall, thanks to a policy mechanism the government tried to kill.
Sophie Vorrath

May 14, 2018

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Commentary

A regulatory blow to Spain’s subsidised coal-fired electricity sector
Security-of supply justifications are seen in Spain as just political schemes to support the status quo. Hello Australia.
Gerard Wynn Paolo Coghe and Carlota Ruiz-Bautista

Jan 30, 2018

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Other Good Stuff

Australia’s coal problem is also its mercury problem
Analysis of toxic emissions from Australia’s coal plants has revealed our per capita mercury emissions are roughly double the global average.
Robyn Schofield

Aug 17, 2017

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Trump’s 100 days of trashing climate and clean energy policies
In the 100 days since President Donald Trump took office, his administration has embarked on an all-out assault on the environment. Here’s a timeline.
Rebecca Gasper

Apr 28, 2017

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Policy & Planning

Australia’s biggest polluters increase emissions on Coalition watch
ACF report says a lack of federal leadership on climate policy has resulted in all but two of Australia’s top 10 polluters increasing their emissions in 2014-15 – the vast majority of which has come from burning black and brown coal to generate electricity.
Sophie Vorrath & Giles Parkinson

Feb 29, 2016

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Paris pact promotes but complicates carbon trading
The mishmash nature of national climate pledges made under the Paris agreement is creating fresh complications for the growth of pollution trading.
John Upton

Feb 25, 2016

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Australia’s weaker emissions standards allow car makers to ‘dump’ polluting cars
Australia’s lower standards for car exhaust mean overseas car-makers can sell more-polluting cars.
Anna Mortimore

Oct 1, 2015

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Abbott’s safeguard mechanism is effectively a licence to pollute
The Abbott Government’s safeguard mechanism released today begs the prickly question: is the Government simply safeguarding the right to pollute?
Suzanne Harter

Sep 2, 2015

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The battery revolution is exciting, but remember they pollute too
Batteries can cut carbon emissions, but mining the metals and other resources needed to make them can be a dirty business.
Caleb Goods and Carla Lipsig-Mumme

Jun 3, 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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