Article by Guest Contributor: David Holyoake Article provided by ClientEarth and reprinted with permission. Despite their pledge to be the ‘greenest government ever’, close analysis of the UK government’s proposed design of CO2 emissions performance standards for fossil fuel generation (‘EPS’ – limits on the amount of pollutants released into the air) risks being an [...]

Opinion Piece by Guest Contributor: Alex Bexon Over recent years, conventional approaches to tackling climate change have typically centred on international efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the drive to develop and use alternative and renewable energy technologies, and global environmental organisations, such as WWF and Greenpeace, encouraging us to lead more sustainable and environmentally-conscious [...]

The current round of Climate negotiations under the UNFCCC in Bangkok comes to a close tomorrow, but do this week’s developments inspire new hope for reaching a binding international agreement on emissions reductions? The ‘first commitment period’ of the Kyoto Protocol binds 37 industrialised countries to collectively reduce their overall greenhouse gas emissions by an [...]

Financial assistance and green collar apprenticeships are two of the pillars of regional policy in New South Wales (NSW) aimed at encouraging the education and training people will need to succeed in the emerging green economy. In my previous post on skills shortages, I noted that we do not have time to wait for favourable [...]

As oil prices continue to spike with the unrest in the Middle East, consumer anger has inevitably increased along with it – and so has the political rhetoric. Though it was intended to create calm, Obama’s speech outlining his “Blueprint for a Secure Energy Future” on Wednesday at Georgetown University added more anger, from both [...]