Category Archive for "Fossil fuels" | Getting to Sustainability

26
June

UQ research sheds light on coal seam gas versus renewable energy

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Prof Paul Meredith, GCI, UQ[/caption] 26 June 2013: A shift from coal-fired to gas-fired power generation will not significantly lower carbon dioxide emissions, new research by the Global Change Institute at The University of Queensland has found. Energy economics researcher.

25
June

Can we do without a clean energy finance bank?

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By Jenny Riesz The Opposition has clearly stated its intention to remove the Clean Energy Finance Corporation if it takes government at the next election. Will the Coalition introduce another mechanism to take its place? How will an Abbott Government make sure Australia brings to market the diverse range of renewable technologies we need to.

12
June

International Energy Agency report hopeful, but is it unrealistic?

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By Colin Hunt

The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) latest report repeats the message we’ve heard from many sources – we’re heading for a temperature rise of much more than 2°C. But given its international reach and expertise, the agency is uniquely placed to recommend what we can do to fix the problem. They’ve come.

11
June

QUT clearing the air on changing pollution risks

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Professor Lidia Morawska from QUT's International Laboratory for air Quality and Health.[/caption] The federal government has been warned not enough is being done to protect miners and fast-food workers at drive-throughs from.

29
April

Carbon bubble makes Australia’s coal industry ripe ‘for financial implosion’

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The Guardian's Damian Carrington says much of the Australia's coal reserves will be worthless if world's governments fulfil pledge to cap emissions, warns a new report as part of the Unburnable Carbon Project. The report is authored by John Connor, one of the new report's authors and CEO of The.

13
April

Electricity prices fall: renewable energy deserves merit

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By Dylan McConnell, University of Melbourne

13 April 2013: Let’s be honest: the relationship between renewable energy and the electricity market is complex. So what does the latest report from Australian energy research firm RepuTex tell us?

Well, for a start, coal-fired power has reached a ten-year low.

The report, widely covered in the.

30
March

Bold EU renewable targets while fossil fuel subsidies approach $2 trillion

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The European Union has proposed a new package of carbon and renewable energy targets for 2030 that could see the introduction of a 40 per cent carbon reduction target, as well as a 30 per cent share target for renewable energy. More at Renewecononomy's Mixed Greens by Sophie Vorrath of 28.

28
February

Health groups call for urgent action to address health risks from coal and coal seam gas

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A new collaborative network of health organisations has agreed to joint action to raise awareness of the adverse health effects of Australia’s current minerals and energy policy at a meeting in Canberra this week. Hosted by five national health organisations, the Public Health Association of Australia (PHAA), Climate and Health Alliance (CAHA), National Rural Health Alliance.

22
February

Australian coal and gas exports pollute Asia and elsewhere

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Story by Graham Readfearn in The Guardian: Australian coal and gas is being shipped and burned around Asia at record rates – but at what cost to the climate? Australia just loves to share, regardless of whether or not the world might universally benefit from what it's got to give. There's been Kylie Minogue, a certain beer that.

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