fossil fuels
America is torn between the short-term focus of 'drill, baby, drill' and the long-term need for a sustainable energy strategy. And tragically, the former is in a position to win out.
Matthew Wright proclaimed "The end of nuclear" earlier this week, but if it is, endeavours to tackle dangerous climate change have hit a massive speed-bump.
Barack Obama’s ‘all of the above’ approach continues the trend of dysfunctional energy policy in the US. And no one’s buying it.
Last Friday, The Australian made a UK study on wind farm costs front page news. But a look behind the study highlights the vested interests at play.
The great contrast in Australian government is that policies are being established to curb fossil fuel use (with much fanfare) yet bigger programs that encourage fossil fuel use continue unchecked. It's time this was addressed.
President Obama’s approach to the Keystone XL pipeline sums up his energy policy: a bewildering series of policy shifts in an effort to keep everyone on side.
The apparent set against wind power taken by the NSW and Victorian governments suggests there is no level playing field when it comes to electricity generating sources.
The case for ditching centralised fossil fuels and slashing energy network spending: a new report says smaller can be better, cheaper and cleaner. Welcome to the energy culture wars.
The IEA says the world has nearly exhausted its energy carbon budget, and a radical restructure of our power and transport grids is required. Now. The implications for energy investment could not be clearer.
The IEA and the OECD have again railed against the rising cost of fossil fuel subsidies, and fingered Australia as one of the worst offenders. They want them ended by 2020.
New research has found that coal is America's costliest source of electricity, because it is doing the economy more harm than good – and that's not counting its climate impact.
Despite enormous clean energy potential, Indonesia’s policies of subsidising fossil fuels and building coal plants to remedy power shortages are setting it on a path to economic and environmental instability.
As fossil fuels lose their position as the world's paramount source of power, the world faces a succeed-or-perish contest for energy preeminence. So what, and who, are the leading contenders?
The surge of accessible natural gas should not be seen as a new golden age of fossil fuels, but as a way to buy time while we find the best ways to limit greenhouse gas emissions.
Mexico, the world's 14th biggest economy, is building a new engine for its energy future, one focussed on wind power.