Tag: coal
Against the odds, South Australia is a renewable energy powerhouse. How on Earth did they do it?
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Less than two decades ago, South Australia generated all its electricity from fossil fuels. Last year, renewables provided a whopping 60% of the state’s electricity...
The Paris Agreement 5 years on: big coal exporters like Australia face a reckoning
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On Saturday, more than 70 global leaders came together at the UN’s Climate Ambition Summit, marking the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement.
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These Aussie teens have launched a landmark climate case against the government. Win or lose, it’ll make a difference
Five of the eight young plaintiffs.
From left:Ava Princi, Izzy Raj-Seppings,
Ambrose Hayes, Veronica Hester, Laura Kirwan.
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Last Tuesday, eight...
Aussie invention could save old coal stations by running them on zero-emissions ‘Lego’ blocks
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As climate change worsens, the future of fossil fuel jobs and infrastructure is uncertain. But a new energy storage technology invented in...
Australia listened to the science on coronavirus. Imagine if we did the same for coal mining
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Australia’s relative success in stopping the spread of COVID-19 is largely due governments taking expert advice on a complex problem. Unfortunately, the same...
3 times Michael Moore’s film Planet of the Humans gets the facts wrong (and 3 times it gets them right)
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Documentary maker Michael Moore’s latest offering, Planet of the Humans, rightly argues that infinite growth on a finite planet is “suicide”. But the film’s bogus claims threaten...