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Are you kidding, India? Your last-minute Glasgow intervention won’t relieve pressure to ditch coal

  Image: APAs the United Nations climate summit opened in Glasgow, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a surprise positive announcement: a big net-zero...

How Australia’s coal country past is scuppering its renewable energy future

  Image: ShutterstockThe crucial climate change summit in Glasgow has just begun, and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison is bringing his widely criticised plan for net-zero emissions...

Wind turbines off the coast could help Australia become an energy superpower, research finds

  Image: ShutterstockOffshore wind farms are an increasingly common sight overseas. But Australia has neglected the technology, despite the ample wind gusts buffeting much...

Wondering if your energy company takes climate change seriously? A new report reveals the answer

  Picture: ShuttlestockA landmark report released last week put coal and gas on notice. For the first time, the International Energy Agency (IEA) declared reaching net-zero...

‘Failure is not an option’: after a lost decade on climate action, the 2020s offer one last chance

  Image: ShuttlestockIn May 2011, almost precisely a decade ago, the government-appointed Climate Commission released its inaugural report. Titled The Critical Decade, the report’s final...

Electricity has become a jigsaw. Coal is unable to provide the missing pieces

 Image: Bohbeh/ShutterstockThere’s something the energy minister said when they announced the early closure of Victoria’s second-biggest coal-fired power station last week that was less...

Against the odds, South Australia is a renewable energy powerhouse. How on Earth did they do it?

 Picture: ShuttlestockLess than two decades ago, South Australia generated all its electricity from fossil fuels. Last year, renewables provided a whopping 60% of the state’s electricity...

The Paris Agreement 5 years on: big coal exporters like Australia face a reckoning

Picture: Shuttlestock On Saturday, more than 70 global leaders came together at the UN’s Climate Ambition Summit, marking the fifth anniversary of the Paris Agreement.Prime...

These Aussie teens have launched a landmark climate case against the government. Win or lose, it’ll make a difference

Five of the eight young plaintiffs. From left:Ava Princi, Izzy Raj-Seppings, Ambrose Hayes, Veronica Hester, Laura Kirwan. Equity Generation Lawyers Last Tuesday, eight...

Aussie invention could save old coal stations by running them on zero-emissions ‘Lego’ blocks

Image Authors provided As climate change worsens, the future of fossil fuel jobs and infrastructure is uncertain. But a new energy storage technology invented in...
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Mick created TAGG - The Alternative Gig Guide in 1979 with Helmut Katterl, the world's first real Street Magazine. He had been involved with his fathers publishing business, Toorak Times and associated publications since 1972. Mick was also involved in Melbourne's music scene for a number of years opening venues, discovering and managing bands and providing information and support for the industry.Mick has also created a number of local festivals and is involved in not for profit and supporting local charities.