Resource Efficiency Archives - Page 22 of 26 - Renew Economy

Four years of falling electricity demand: can this continue?
New technology means our estimates of electricity consumption are based on old ideas.
Alan Pears

Jan 21, 2013

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ASIC and the great coal hoax
How will ASIC cope with the pressure it’s under to punish coal hoaxer Jonathan Moylan? He could face up to 10 years in prison.
Clive Hamilton

Jan 21, 2013

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Swan dive on climate as study warns of disappearing pensions
Treasurer Wayne Swan addresses Australia’s biggest economic challenges and opportunities, and climate change barely gets a mention. Clean energy none at all. Meanwhile, a landmark report in the UK warns that the world’s pension schemes could be wiped out if politicians and actuaries continue to ignore climate and resource constraints.
Giles Parkinson

Jan 21, 2013

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World wastes half its food, struggles to produce more
The world wastes up to one-half of the four billion tons of food it produces each year, yet natural disasters will cause prices to soar.
Jeff Spross

Jan 16, 2013

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Air con: We need to talk about indoor climate change
As the world warms, Australia needs a public debate on air conditioning; on reducing our dependency, cutting wastage, and working with the climate.
Tim Winter

Dec 19, 2012

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Humanity has overshot the Earth’s capacity
A new report on China’s ecological footprint says that humanity, as a whole, overshot the Earth’s sustainability threshold back in the early 1970s.
Jeff Spross

Dec 17, 2012

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BHP Billiton: ‘Coal is going to decline. And frankly, it should’
Global mining giant’s coal chief talks climate risk, extreme weather, the absolute ceiling on GHG emissions and thermal coal’s inevitable decline.
Stephen Lacey

Dec 5, 2012

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Why India’s coal plans are just an illusion
India’s grandiose plans to build a coal fleet nearly twice the size of America’s are built on nothing but vapor. And here’s why…
Justin Guay

Dec 4, 2012

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Pendulum pump could help ease third world water woes
New high-tech, hand-powered water pump has potential in Africa and other regions where water delivery remains an enormous hurdle to community health.
Tina Casey

Dec 3, 2012

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Doha Dispatches: Mind the gap… and the science
At COP 18, the difference between the urgent need to act and the inertia of UN climate negotiations has never been so marked. Neither has the gap in expectations between developed and developing nations. For the most vulnerable countries, the offer on the table threatens to lock in failure.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 3, 2012

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Australia’s Kyoto 2 target: shaking up our thinking
Australia’s commitment to the new Kyoto 2 target may seem small, but it is a significant cut from business as usual.
Frank Jotzo

Nov 30, 2012

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Why aren’t we talking about meat and climate change?
We know lowering our consumption of red meat will improve our cardio-vascular health, but now we have a better reason to change our diets.
Judith Friedlander

Nov 26, 2012

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