The transition to net zero emissions is under grave threat if governments do not do more to address the potential unfairness of some climate policies.
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Grattan Institute projections suggest that by 2060 a mere 600 people will remain employed in major Australian coal mines, down from 40,000 today.
Three ‘just transition’ priorities identified by the coal-mining communities of the Hunter Valley in NSW hold lessons for the rest of Australia, and the world.
New research found power stations in the Latrobe Valley emit around 10 times more mercury than power stations in the Hunter Valley. The stark difference has a lot to do with regulations.
For an orderly transition from fossil fuels, Australia needs a carbon price to replace its hodgepodge of clumsy government interventions.
AGL has announced plans to use coal to make hydrogen fuel at its Loy Yang A station in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley. Wait, isn’t coal made of carbon, not hydrogen? Yes, but here’s how the process works.
Hazelwood power station will this week fall silent after a half-century during which it went from a beacon of progress to an emblem of fossil fuel pollution.
I’m quite nervous about writing this. I’m going to stray from my familiar academic world into a political one, and it’s on an issue that may very well have killed several people. My reputation has already…
The Hazelwood coalmine fire, which burned for 45 days earlier this year, was a catastrophe for the town of Morwell in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley. Homes were blanketed in smoke and ash, many residents were…
Victoria’s Hazelwood coal mine is still burning, nearly three weeks after it started from a grassfire during severe fire conditions. Police are currently investigating the original fire for arson. Meanwhile…
If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride. And if wishes were new technology, then Victoria’s Latrobe Valley would be a mining export hub to rival the Pilbara. But wishes are neither horses nor new…
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Professor of Economics, Monash University
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Professor of Law, Deakin University
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Professor of Occupational Health and Safety in Mining, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Statistics, Queensland University of Technology
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Honorary Professor of History, Australian National University
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Senior Lecturer in Civil Engineering, specialising in water quality, Monash University
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Associate Professor, Australian National University
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Research Associate, Grattan Institute
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Professor, UNSW Law & Justice and UNSW Institute for Climate Risk & Response, UNSW
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Energy Transitions, Deakin University
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Program Director, Energy and Climate Change, Grattan Institute
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Scientia Professor of Economics, UNSW
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Professor, Australian National University
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School of Management, Adelaide University