Environment

Amid blackout scare stories, remember that a grid without power cuts is impossible… and expensive

August 27, 2018 // 0 Comments

Dylan McConnell, University of Melbourne Last Friday the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) released its annual Electricity Statement of Opportunities. This was widely [...]

Global warming hits the poorest hardest, new research shows

May 30, 2018 // 0 Comments

Finding published today in Geophysical Research Letters, states that while Australia will still be “the lucky country when it comes to changes in local climate as a [...]

Report: Fossil Fuels Failed To Provide Energy Security During The February 2017 Heatwave

December 27, 2017 // 0 Comments

A report by the Australia Institute’s Climate & Energy Program shows that coal and gas failed to provide energy security during the February 2017 heatwave. The report [...]

Global warming could accelerate towards 1.5℃ if the Pacific gets cranky

May 10, 2017 // 0 Comments

The tropical Pacific has a large say in how fast the world warms. GTS Productions/Shutterstock.com Ben Henley, University of Melbourne and Andrew King, University of [...]

The government is swimming against the tide on Westpac’s Adani decision

May 3, 2017 // 0 Comments

David Peetz, Griffith University and Georgina Murray, Griffith University The Australian government’s strident criticism of Westpac for not financing the Adani Carmichael [...]

The ‘clean coal’ row shouldn’t distract us from using carbon capture for other industries

April 18, 2017 // 0 Comments

Alfonso Martínez Arranz, Monash University Since the February blackouts in South Australia, the Australian government has increased its interest in carbon dioxide capture [...]

Climate change doubled the likelihood of the New South Wales heatwave

February 16, 2017 // 0 Comments

Sarah Perkins-Kirkpatrick, UNSW; Andrew King, University of Melbourne, and Matthew Hale, UNSW The heatwave that engulfed southeastern Australia at the end of last week has [...]

Turnbull Flip-Flops On Climate Change & Renewable Energy As Australians Watch On In Horror

February 14, 2017 // 0 Comments

In 2009, Malcolm Turnbull as opposition leader told Australia, ‘I will not lead a party that is not as committed to effective action on climate change as I am.’ [...]

President Trump threatens to undermine key measure of climate policy success

January 21, 2017 // 0 Comments

David Hodgkinson, University of Western Australia One of the key measures President Barack Obama used to develop climate policy could be under threat under President Donald [...]

Science loses out to uninformed opinion on climate change – yet again

January 8, 2017 // 0 Comments

Phillip Williamson, University of East Anglia Ocean acidification is an inevitable consequence of increasing carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. That’s a matter of fact. We [...]