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energy
Books & Arts
Electric ambition
Jock Given
25 January 2022
Elon Musk has cast a spell across global business and investment. Someone needed to
Correspondents
Glasgow kiss
Michael Jacobs
15 November 2021
Is it finally the end of the line for fossil fuels? Our correspondent’s Glasgow COP26 wrap-up
Correspondents
Closing the Glasgow gap
Michael Jacobs
4 November 2021
With the national leaders departing, the climate talks are commencing in earnest. And the optimists see grounds for hope
Essays & Reportage
Atlassian shrugged
Hamish McDonald
29 October 2021
Tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes is using his wealth to shake up Australian business and politics
Correspondents
The Glasgow paradox
Michael Jacobs
27 October 2021
What exactly is up for negotiation at next week’s COP26 conference?
National Affairs
Taking the pain out of the carbon transition
Mike Steketee
20 October 2021
The Nationals say they’re worried about jobs — but we know from experience how to handle the move away from fossil fuel–based employment
National Affairs
Getting from here to net zero
Tim Colebatch
20 October 2021
As Australia continues to dodge, the International Energy Agency issues a blueprint for action
National Affairs
Matt Kean’s electric vehicle diplomacy
Giles Parkinson
6 October 2021
Has the NSW environment minister changed the new premier’s mind about climate?
National Affairs
Covid’s message for carbon reduction
John Quiggin
26 August 2021
The road to reduced emissions is clear
National Affairs
Caught in the headlights
Tristan Edis
23 July 2021
On climate, Barnaby Joyce is a speed bump about to be run over by a monster truck
National Affairs
Finkel’s road to zero
John Quiggin
6 April 2021
The former chief scientist shows the Coalition how it can shift on climate
Essays & Reportage
Up, up and away?
Nicole Hasham
27 March 2021
It’s been a long road for hydrogen, but its time might finally have arrived
National Affairs
Go hard, go early, go renewables
Tim Colebatch
3 March 2021
Ever the optimist, Ross Garnaut has a plan for Australia’s economic future
National Affairs
What Texas’s blackouts tell us about Australia’s energy market
John Quiggin
22 February 2021
Power failures in the United States highlight system problems half a world away
International
East Timorese politics in flux
Michael Leach
19 February 2021
Shifting alliances have created an opportunity for the East Timorese government to map out a long-term strategy
National Affairs
Labor’s unlikely climate saviour
Tristan Edis
27 November 2020
Has the NSW Coalition provided a winning formula for Anthony Albanese and his colleagues?
National Affairs
On coal, oil and gas, Australia is becoming more isolated
John Quiggin
16 November 2020
And that creates an opportunity for Labor
National Affairs
Too cheap to meter
John Quiggin
19 October 2020
Ultra-low interest rates have fundamentally changed the arithmetic of renewable energy
National Affairs
Putting the heat on polluting businesses
Peter Mares
13 October 2020
Has BlackRock upped the ante for investor action on climate change?
National Affairs
Left in the lurch by Xi Jinping?
John Quiggin
6 October 2020
Australia’s coal enthusiasts pinned their hopes on Chinese purchases that are looking increasingly unlikely
National Affairs
Roadmap to nowhere
Tristan Edis
2 October 2020
By 2030, according to the government’s own figures, Australia will have spent three decades making almost no progress in reducing emissions
Books & Arts
Yes, we can
Jane Goodall
18 August 2020
Television
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Chaser
’s Craig Reucassel finds hope in the face of an eye-watering planetary deficit
National Affairs
Scott Morrison’s climate curse hasn’t gone away
Tristan Edis
6 August 2020
Covid-19 might have rescued the Coalition from criticisms of its climate policies, but it can’t dodge them forever
International
PNG’s peril is Beijing’s chance
Rowan Callick
16 July 2020
Are economic troubles edging Papua New Guinea closer to China?
National Affairs
Has the government given up on markets?
Adam Triggs
22 June 2020
Changes to university fees are just the latest example of successive governments preferring to pick winners than trust markets
Essays & Reportage
“The gravest economic crisis since the end of the war”
John Hawkins
10 June 2020
What can we learn from Britain’s three-day week?
National Affairs
Bernard Collaery’s bombshell
Hamish McDonald
19 March 2020
Neither Australia nor Timor-Leste is benefiting from a resource whose value seems greater than the petroleum gas that carries it
Essays & Reportage
Another ferocious summer
Alessandro Antonello
4 March 2020
As the season’s last scientific resupply journeys are made to Antarctica, a visitor observes the deepening impact of climate change
National Affairs
Invest with the best
John Quiggin
29 January 2020
With governments failing to act, divesting from carbon-based fuel investments is more important than ever
Essays & Reportage
Here comes the sun
Tristan Edis
7 January 2020
Are three multimillionaires about to break Australia’s political deadlock on climate?
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