Using language to make the world of fossil fuels strange and ugly
They weren’t getting it. I had a room full of bright first-year university students in front of me, but confusion reigned as I tried to…
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Winterproofing the grid
Clean coal: a mirage or a forced marriage?
Germany’s planned carbon pricing system ‘unnecessarily expensive’ – economists
We Need a Just Transition—Because We Should Abandon Coal, Not Coal Workers
When fracking companies own the gas beneath your land
When rich economies cut emissions, poor ones stand to benefit, study says
The costs and benefits of a clean economy
How Islamic finance can build resilience to climate change
Teen air
Age is the difference. “For more than 30 years, science has been crystal clear. How dare you continue to look away and come here saying…
The archipelagic energy structure of the Philippines
Oversupply-solar displaces geothermal; renewables displace renewables – that’s the paradox. In the Philippines, renewable energy development to transition out of a fossil fuel-based economy is…
Illicit trade endangers the environment, the law and the SDGs. We need a global response
A dark side to globalization has been the alarming emergence of illicit trade, which stands in direct contrast to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)….
Analysis: How Trump’s rollback of vehicle fuel standards would increase US emissions
The Trump administration’s plans to rollback vehicle fuel-economy standards could increase emissions from the light vehicles sector by 13%, a Carbon Brief analysis shows. The…
The cost of climate (in)action
In this election, will the the major parties’ climate policies get Australia on track to meet its Paris commitments and how do we compare to…
Implementing Germany’s coal exit proposal – the road ahead
Germany’s coal exit commission has agreed on a proposal on how the country can manage to phase out its single largest source of greenhouse gas…
The long road towards a more environmental energy system
Imagine that you want to heal the earth from the ravages caused by global climate change. You received diagnostic reports from the Intergovernmental Panel on…