Tag Archives: Australian Renewable Energy Agency

Pumped hydro: schemes, rhetoric and confusion

Posted on 10 July 2018 by Peter Boyer

There’s plenty of talk around pumped hydro, but so far it’s only adding to the confusion. Politics and commerce are all about negotiation, but man-made climate change is essentially non-negotiable. When they come together, a mess is all but inevitable. Science … Continue reading →

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Coal: the black cloud on Turnbull’s horizon

Posted on 17 November 2015 by Peter Boyer

We can end the climate threat posed by coal by removing the public subsidies that underpin its profits. [Peter Boyer | 17 November 2015] There’s a hint of a breeze blowing through Australia’s climate policy space in the wake of … Continue reading →

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Our carbon price hangs in the balance

Posted on 3 September 2013 by Peter Boyer

An Abbott win on Saturday signals danger for Australia’s hard-won carbon price. [3 September 2013 | Peter Boyer] Here’s the message about climate change from Tony Abbott’s campaign launch at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre on August 25. Did you … Continue reading →

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