Could Latrobe Valley coal be creating a source of renewable energy? That’s one of the questions being explored in the Victorian Geothermal Assessment Report, writes Peter Browne
05 Dec 09 Comments (1)An exotic answer to a real world problem
There are more straightforward ways of moving towards a low-carbon future, argues Brian Toohey
02 Dec 09 Comments (1)Shortchanging the “greatest moral challenge”
The vast spending gap between compensation and renewable energy demonstrates a lack of federal government commitment to dealing with climate change, writes Brian Toohey
07 Oct 09 Comments (6)Kicking the petrol habit
Massive public assistance is being given to a dying technology, writes Rob Chalmers, just when electric cars are showing enormous promise
25 Aug 09 Comments (0)Ducking the challenge
Is Kevin Rudd a supporter or a critic of neo-liberal policy-making? On the evidence of his approach to climate change, it’s hard to know, writes Brian Toohey
05 Aug 09 Comments (0)Broadening Australia’s response to climate change
A diverse set of measures is needed if we are to minimise the risk of failing to deal effectively with climate change, write Iain MacGill and Regina Betz
04 Mar 09 Comments (2)Solar policy trapped in the state shadowlands
All sides of politics agree that a German-style national feed-in tariff to encourage rooftop solar power makes sense. But Christine Milne’s bill to create the tariff is going nowhere. Peter Mares explains why
27 Nov 08 Comments (8)Brainstorm in Dubai
The World Economic Forum’s latest summit showed that Australia can both learn from and teach the rest of the world, writes Ian Lowe from Dubai
12 Nov 08 Comments (1)A working model for a new president
California is leading the way on climate change, reports Fred Pearce, with an Australian company likely to make a major contribution
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