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Michael Mazengarb is a journalist with RenewEconomy, based in Sydney. Before joining RenewEconomy, Michael worked in the renewable energy sector for more than a decade.
Australian Federal Government Climate Coal Governments
Global fossil fuel subsidies reach $5.2 trillion, and $29 billion in Australia
IMF says fossil fuel subsidies in Australia amount to nearly $1,200 per person, or a total of $29 billion.
Climate Coal News & Commentary Renewables Resource Efficiency
Cheap coal power? Only in an imaginary world
Attempts to suggest coal power is cheaper than the plummeting cost of renewables look increasingly ridiculous and desperate.
Climate Electric Vehicles Governments Other Good Stuff Renewables United States Government
Koch front group is putting out misleading attack ads on electric vehicles
Petrochemical billionaires Charles and David Koch, who have underwritten attacks on climate science, have launched a series of videos attacking electric vehicles.
Other Good Stuff Renewables Solar
Solar households to lose subsidies, but it’s a bright future for the industry
The windbacks to solar subsidies may be a good sign for the industry, by encouraging larger systems.
California energy commissioner says world is seeing beginning of the end of fossil fuels, and high renewables will not crash the economy, and they won't cause blackouts.
Colin Barnett rules out adopting Synergy's proposed doubling of grid connection charges for solar households, describing the idea of a solar tax as "fantasy".
Climate News & Commentary Renewables Smart Energy
Greens propose coal tax to foot bill for energy clean-up
Greens leader Richard di Natale has unveiled a policy proposing a levy on coal miners to pay for mine site rehabilitation and retraining of workers.
News & Commentary Renewables Solar
UK govt undercuts solar support in ‘full frontal attack’ on renewables
Shades of Australia, as UK Tories justify potentially crippling cuts to key solar subsidies by linking them to rising electricity costs.
As China realises the unpriced costs of coal power, such as air pollution, coal production is starting to fall.
Absolutely. But to get there we need unified leadership and consistent policy. And the renewables industry needs to face up to its scariest threat.
