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Mixed Greens: Garrett back in the environment game
Former ALP minister back on environment circuit; Boswell’s RET swipe; Google, KKR to buy 106MW of US solar; Ikea to buy 46MW Canada wind farm.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 15, 2013

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Forest electrons will burn retailers
The push to generate electricity from native bush clearing makes no sense, given declining power consumption and the mothballing of megawatts.
Jeff Angel

Nov 8, 2013

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Going to the sustainable city of the future? Better catch a bus
Memo to Tony Abbott: Planning expert says catering to the urban population boom is not about building more roads, but making better use of them.
Sophie Vorrath

Oct 4, 2013

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Garnaut reconciles economic growth and conservation
Economist Ross Garnaut says economic growth is ‘not inherently in conflict with conservation of the natural environment.’
Michelle Grattan

Jun 18, 2013

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Graph of the Day: Energy transformation falling short
IEA report card on the global Sustainable Energy for All challenge shows we could be – and should be – doing a whole lot better.
Sophie Vorrath

May 29, 2013

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As carbon dioxide levels hit a new high, there’s still no Planet B
Earth’s land, oceans and biosphere are now in extreme danger, but this doesn’t seem to be driving the urgent measures required to arrest current trends.
Andrew Glikson

May 14, 2013

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Is the coal industry economically worthless?
The cost of legacy coal assets may appear cheap, but the community pays the true cost in many other ways, most of all in health.
David Shearman

May 1, 2013

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We are destroying the joint
The equation of humankind’s wellbeing with economic growth is taken as given. But we cannot ignore the fact that there is a serious downside.
Carmen Lawrence

Apr 26, 2013

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Can we resolve the ‘peak everything’ problem?
How can a growing population with growing affluence sustain itself on a finite planet without wreaking havoc on nature and civilisation?
Jason Alexandra & Andrew Campbell

Apr 5, 2013

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HSBC: World is hurtling towards Peak Planet
HSBC says the world is rapidly depleting its carbon budget, approaching ‘Peak Planet’ and must achieve a peak in emissions by 2020, leaving much of its fossil fuels in the ground. Impossible? HSBC says not, and is encouraged by growing public awareness, favourable economic drivers and falling technology costs for renewables.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 27, 2013

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Christine Milne: ‘Get over denial and stop cowering’
Australian Greens leader reads riot act to Labor, the Coalition and big business, and says her party alone stands for sustainability and a safe climate.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 20, 2013

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Q&A: Behind Westpac’s $6bn green lending plan
Westpac’s head of emissions and environment says the bank plans to double its exposure to cleantech and sees sustainability as an ‘investment megatrend’.
Sophie Vorrath

Feb 20, 2013

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