Oct 25, 2023 14:27 pm UTC| Economy
Todays figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics show inflation fell in the September quarter for the third consecutive quarter. But petrol prices kept it uncomfortably high. After reaching a 30-year high of...
Oct 25, 2023 05:35 am UTC| Business
In December 2023, negotiators from countries worldwide will meet in the United Arab Emirates for the next round of international climate talks. While the talks are considered essential to securing global agreements needed...
How secrecy and regulatory capture drove Alberta’s oil and gas liability crisis
Oct 23, 2023 08:14 am UTC| Business Economy
A hustle in the oil patch, a dirty legacy: These are just a couple of the ways that the escalating costs of abandoning and reclaiming non-producing oil wells in Canada have been described. In a new paper, we look back...
Western sanctions haven't curbed Russian oil profits, but the green energy transition could
Oct 16, 2023 06:37 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
Western sanctions that put a price cap on Russian oil exports from December 2022 aimed to cause the country significant economic pain after its invasion of Ukraine last year. The idea was to curtail the amount Russia makes...
How oil companies put the responsibility for climate change on consumers
Oct 12, 2023 07:15 am UTC| Business
The political response to the climate crisis remains largely inadequate in the face of heat waves, hurricanes, floods and forest fires that are accelerating and intensifying. The political inertia can be explained,...
Pulverised fuel ash: how we can recycle the dirty byproduct from coal-fired power stations
Sep 04, 2023 05:37 am UTC| Business
The ash from burning coal in coal-fired power stations lies in thousands of landfills around the world. This waste material, generally considered a hazard, is now being put to good use in the construction industry. More...
The oil industry has succumbed to a dangerous new climate denialism
Aug 01, 2023 02:42 am UTC| Insights & Views Economy
If we have not been warned of the dangers of climate change this summer, we never will be. Extreme heat, forest fires and floods have been all over news reports. Yet the oil and gas industry remains largely in...
Why is the government proposing caps on international students and how did we get here?
Gabon: post-coup dialogue has mapped out path to democracy – now military leaders must act
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects