Tag: Energy transition
Paying Australia’s coal-fired power stations to stay open longer is bad for consumers and the planet
Picture: Shuttlestock
Australian governments are busy designing the nation’s transition to a clean energy future. Unfortunately, in a misguided effort to ensure electricity supplies...
‘Failure is not an option’: after a lost decade on climate action, the 2020s offer one last chance
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In May 2011, almost precisely a decade ago, the government-appointed Climate Commission released its inaugural report. Titled The Critical Decade, the report’s final...
Electric car sales tripled last year. Here’s what we can do to keep them growing
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A total of 6718 electric vehicles were sold in Australia in 2019. That’s three times as many as in 2018, but it’s still...
Governments took the hard road on clean energy – and consumers are feeling the bumps
Prime Minister Scott Morrison (right) and Energy Minister
Angus Taylor at Snowy Hydro Scheme. The Grattan Institute says the government
should better encourage...