As Australia’s energy debate heats up, some politicians are calling for cleaner and more efficient coal power stations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
- Research fellow, Centre for Policy Futures, The University of Queensland
Queensland currently gets 7% of it’s electricity from renewable sources - but is aiming for 50% by 2030.
Energy companies shouldn’t rely on government regulation to protect them from the growing disruption from renewables and increased consumer control.
Was Trade Minister Steven Ciobo right to say on Q&A that global demand for coal is still going through the roof?
Labor’s detailed climate policy is ambitious, but it remains to be seen if it will capture the voters.
A new analysis suggests that, all things considered, renewables are actually better than coal at lifting India’s energy-poor out of poverty.
Experts respond to the reapproval of Adani’s Carmichael mine.
Debate is continuing around Australia’s 2030 climate target and how much it will cost Australia’s economy.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said his government’s 2030 climate target will be good for the environment and jobs – and good for protecting the nation’s coal industry.
The court decision to halt the Carmichael mine is a setback for Indian billionaire Gautam Adani - but does he really need the coal mine at all?
US President Barack Obama’s new climate plan aims to cut greenhouse emissions from the nation’s coal-dominated power sector by 32% by 2030. Will it get through, and how will it affect this year’s climate talks?
“India needs Australian coal” is a view promoted by government and industry alike. But is there really a case for Australian coal in India? The evidence suggests not.
Australia has a problem with its power system that goes to the core of many issues we’re facing at the moment — increasing coal and gas prices, changing electricity usage, and climate change. That’s the…
Electricity-intensive investment isn’t coming Australia’s way. We use our many natural resources to underpin our productivity and prosperity and we are extracting increasing amounts of metal from the ground…
John Gardner, US Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare joined Lyndon Johnson’s cabinet in 1965 to help create a ‘Great Society’ to end poverty, promote equality, improve education, rejuvenate cities…
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