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We may be underestimating just how bad carbon-belching SUVs are for the climate – and for our health

Australia’s love for fuel-hungry and fuel-inefficient SUVs is hampering our ability to bring transport emissions down. SUVs make up half of all new car...

The surprising history of how electric vehicles have played the long game and won

Image: An electric cab drives past the White House in Washington DC in 1905. Wikimedia Commons Electric vehicles, we are often told, are the future. A...

It’ll be impossible to replace fossil fuels with renewables by 2050, unless we cut our energy consumption

Image: Shutterstock Energy consumption – whether its heating your home, driving, oil refining or liquefying natural gas – is responsible for around 82% of Australia’s greenhouse...

Who’s holding back electric cars in Australia? We’ve long known the answer – and it’s time to clear the road

Image: Paul Miller/AAP New analysis this week found strong fuel efficiency standards would have saved Australia A$5.9 billion in fuel costs and emissions equal to...

Beyond electric cars: how electrifying trucks, buses, tractors and scooters will help tackle climate change

Image: Shutterstock When you think of an electric vehicle, chances are you’ll picture a car. But there’s a quiet revolution going on in transport. It...

How climate-friendly is an electric car? It all comes down to where you live

Image: Shutterstock If you’re thinking about buying an electric vehicle, whether due to soaring fuel prices or to lower your greenhouse gas emissions, where you...

Time’s up: why Australia has to quit stalling and wean itself off fossil fuels

Image: Getty If the world acts now, we can avoid the worst outcomes of climate change without any significant effect on standards of living. That’s...

Grattan on Saturday: Scott Morrison has a bingle or two on the campaign trail

  Image: James Ross/AAP It seemed remarkable chutzpah that Scott Morrison, back from Glasgow where Australia remains a criticised laggard despite its embrace of a...

As the world surges ahead on electric vehicle policy, the Morrison government’s new strategy leaves Australia idling in the garage

  Image: Shutterstock The Morrison government will this week announced its long-awaited electric vehicle strategy, coinciding with COP26 climate change talks underway in Glasgow. The new policy contains some...

Scott Morrison spruiks electric vehicles – but rules out subsidies and an end-date for petrol cars

  Image: Mick Tsikas/AAP After demonising Labor’s policy on electric cars before the 2019 election, the federal government has put electric vehicles at the centre...
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