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What price the Great Barrier Reef?
New report says nature should make it onto the world’s balance sheets. But what price a barrier reef?
Ros Donald

Jun 30, 2014

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Germany hits 50% solar, Ireland 50% wind
… but reports about new record shares of renewable power are understandably celebratory, but they also confuse the public – and even experts.
Craig Morris

Jun 27, 2014

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Climate change up close
The emerging field of “downscaling” is helping people deal with climate change at the neighborhood scale.
Madeline Ostrander

Jun 25, 2014

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The desperate anti-wind tactics of fossil fuel promoters
Wind power is supported by a wide majority of Americans and evidence suggests that where there’s more wind power, there’s even more support – with benefits.
David Ward

Jun 25, 2014

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Age of entitlement has not ended for fossil fuels
State governments are providing billions of dollars in subsidies to fossil fuel industries.
Richard Denniss

Jun 24, 2014

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Solar at grid parity in Utah, a coal state with no renewable standard
Energy consumers in Utah could soon be paying less for solar than for coal.
Eric Wesoff

Jun 24, 2014

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World wind energy capacity to double by 2020
Research firm Gobal Data has released figures stating that wind power will increase from from 319.6 Gigawatts (GW) at the end of 2013 to 678.5 GW by 2020.
Emma Fitzpatrick

Jun 16, 2014

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Communities and wind power: What’s the deal?
Community-owned projects has underpinned renewable energy in Europe and has major potential in Australia.
Jarra Hicks

Jun 16, 2014

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German grid braces for partial solar eclipse in 2015
Germany will undergo a partial solar eclipse that could result in sudden ramp up of 37GW of solar power.
Craig Morris

Jun 10, 2014

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Interview Fatih Birol, IEA: “Gradual change will not save us”
The IEA’s renowned Chief Economist Fatih Birol notes that governments in particular have to take action to actively transform energy supply and end use.
Karel Beckman

Jun 4, 2014

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Utility of the future: Future of utilities
lf everyone stopped drinking milk, then dairy cows would become a worthless and stranded asset. Power utilities, in disbelief, face the same scenario.
Fereidoon Sioshansi

May 30, 2014

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Billions axed in clean energy: renewable target is next
Billions of dollars of broken promises in the Abbott government’s first budget for low-emission and renewable energy programs. RET next.
Alan Pears

May 14, 2014

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