Can a future ban on gas-powered cars work? An economist explains
The U.S. transportation sector is one of the largest contributors of carbon dioxide, the potent driver of climate change. Transportation…
The U.S. transportation sector is one of the largest contributors of carbon dioxide, the potent driver of climate change. Transportation…
The coronavirus pandemic hit the global economy hard in 2020, but the economy may be close to consolidating years of…
To curb climate change, many experts have called for a massive shift from fossil fuels to electricity. The goal is…
With the cost of energy generated from wind and solar now less than coal, the share of Australia’s electricity coming…
It has been more than 20 years in the making, but there is now a new order in Australia’s grandest…
This month Alan Finkel ends his term as Australia’s Chief Scientist. An entrepreneur, engineer, neuroscientist, and educator in his former…
One of the central ideas in tax policy is the principle of the second-best. Economic theory gives us a good…
Massive amounts of public money are being mobilised to kickstart economies out of COVID-induced recessions. Many countries are allocating parts…
China accounts for more than a third of export dollars earned by Australia. The figures, for the 12 months to…
From the street, you wouldn’t be able to tell a net-zero or passive house from any other recently built home.…
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s ten-point plan for a “green industrial revolution” to get the UK to net zero emissions by…
As global temperature records are set one after the other, we are becoming increasingly concerned about the fate of our…
Before the pandemic, aviation was on course to be the UK’s most polluting sector and produce as much as 22%…
With the setting of the sun and the onset of polar darkness, the Arctic Ocean would normally be crusted with…