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Investors pledge $50 billion fossil fuel divestment
The Rockefeller family, which made its vast fortune on oil, and other philanthropies and high-wealth individuals later today will announce pledges to divest a total of $50 billion from fossil fuel...
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Record world carbon emissions driven by China
A new study warns world carbon dioxide emissions will hit a record high this year, driven by China’s growth, keeping the world far off track from the deep cuts needed to limit climate change. More than...
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UN chief: ‘sense of anxiety’ on climate change
On the eve of today’s United Nations climate summit, the UN Secretary-General has underscored the urgent need to tackle climate change by moving toward an energy-efficient, low-carbon global economy....
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US and China collaborate on clean energy projects
The threat of climate change is driving China and the United States, frequent rivals and the world’s two largest greenhouse-gas emitters, to collaborate on dozens of potential clean-energy...
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South Australia pushes RET to 50% by 2025
Flying in the face of moves to the conservative Liberal-National federal government to possibly abandon a Renewable Energy Target (RET), South Australia’s Labor state government has decided to increase...
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UN warns coal has no future in world energy mix
In a stark warning for Australia the United Nations has said that coal has no future in the world’s energy mix, as world leaders gather ahead of a major climate summit in New York. In contrast...
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Energy Green Paper shows lack of vision for future
Australia’s conservative Liberal National federal government has released its view of our energy future in a Green Paper that seems to offer little in the way of vision. The paper, which will be...
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Obama: climate deal must include emerging economies
The United States President Barack Obama has said a new global agreement on climate change must include strong commitments from emerging economies and move past the rich-poor country divide that has...
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UN’s Ban: climate change ‘greatest challenge’
The Secretary-General of the United Nations has warned that humanity has never faced a greater challenge than climate change as world leaders gathered in New York for a high-level climate summit. In...
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Coal India planning $1.2 billion of solar projects
India’s biggest producer of coal, Coal India Limited, is reported to be considering building US$1.2 billion of solar projects to compensate for carbon pollution. Bloomberg newsagency quoted people...
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Study: Polluting energy receives $bn carbon subsidy
A new analysis by The Climate Institute think tank finds that Australia’s polluting energy sector benefits from an annual subsidy of $14-39 billion from the unpriced cost of climate damage on economic...
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Australia gets a fail at UN climate summit
It’s probably no great surprise but Australia missed an opportunity to help build momentum towards ambitious climate change action at the United Nations climate change summit in New York. In fact...
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Ban hails ‘bold’ announcements at UN climate summit
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has hailed bold new actions to immediately tackle climate change that have been announced by government, business, finance and civil society leaders...
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Activists say UN climate summit falls short
Civil society groups have said leaders at the United Nations climate summit in New York made too few commitments on curbing climate change to meet the demands of the hundreds of thousands of people who...
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Report urges 50% renewable target for Aust by 2030
A major new report urges Australia to set a renewable energy target of 50 per cent by 2030 and says the country could join many other globally using 100 per cent renewable energy by 2050. The just...
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Investors warm to German offshore wind
Germany’s offshore wind parks, once seen as only for brave investors because of high costs and operational risks, are attracting fresh money after laws were passed to ensure ambitious renewable energy...
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Gas lobby says solar subsidies forcing prices up
According to new analysis released by the Energy Networks Association (ENA), which represents gas pipeline businesses, gas bills are being forced up by hidden subsidies in small-scale solar power. The...
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Solar helps UK renewables with record energy share
Growth in solar capacity has seen renewable energy deliver 17 per cent of the United Kingdom’s total power output during the second quarter of this year. Solar electricity generation rose by more than...
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China embraces carbon price and UN approves
Millions of visitors and residents could hardly miss the message projected on the side of the world famous United Nations building in New York last week: “Put a price on carbon.” At the UN’s Climate...
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EPA: Climate change offers US ‘opportunity’
Taking a new tack on climate change, the United States administration has touted the “opportunity”, rather than the cost, that climate action presents for the US economy. “Climate action is not just a...
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