What does this mean for net zero in 2021?
Only a few days have passed since the most recent report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC) warned of the devastating…
The COP aims to end coal
A ton’s worth of coal has never been more expensive in human history. Global governments and utilities are willing to…
The plan has coal along the way out and the future bright
The most striking aspect of Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s long-term emissions reduction plan, presented on Tuesday, isn’t the long-telegraphed promise of…
Australia’s net-zero plan fails to address our greatest contribution to climate change: fossil fuels
It is a massive failure that the Morrison government made an eleven-hour commitment to net-zero by 2050. Critics correctly point…
How Australia’s coal country past is ruining its future in renewable energy?
The critical climate summit in Glasgow just began, and Scott Morrison, the Australian Prime Minister, is bringing his highly criticized plan to net-zero…
Coal plants are closing quicker than expected
The global climate summit in Glasgow was designed to “consign coal power to history“. Australia is not among the major…
The end of coal is approaching 3 times faster than anticipated
According to the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO), coal will likely be out of Victoria’s electricity grid by 2032, with…
Australia’s biggest coal plant will be closing 7 years earlier than expected
Origin Energy has announced that Eraring, Australia’s largest coal-fired power plant, will close seven years earlier than expected in 2025.…
Labor must be open about the future of coal and gas to talk about climate change
Australia has won the climate election. The hard part is now. Now it’s possible to see a government committed to…
The environment and coal
Coal is a plentiful fuel source and relatively cheap to produce. It can also be converted to useful energy. However,…