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Beyond electric cars: how electrifying trucks, buses, tractors and scooters will help tackle climate change

Image: ShutterstockWhen you think of an electric vehicle, chances are you’ll picture a car. But there’s a quiet revolution going on in transport. It...

How climate-friendly is an electric car? It all comes down to where you live

Image: ShutterstockIf you’re thinking about buying an electric vehicle, whether due to soaring fuel prices or to lower your greenhouse gas emissions, where you...

Time’s up: why Australia has to quit stalling and wean itself off fossil fuels

Image: GettyIf the world acts now, we can avoid the worst outcomes of climate change without any significant effect on standards of living. That’s...

Grattan on Saturday: Scott Morrison has a bingle or two on the campaign trail

  Image: James Ross/AAPIt seemed remarkable chutzpah that Scott Morrison, back from Glasgow where Australia remains a criticised laggard despite its embrace of a...

As the world surges ahead on electric vehicle policy, the Morrison government’s new strategy leaves Australia idling in the garage

  Image: ShutterstockThe Morrison government will this week announced its long-awaited electric vehicle strategy, coinciding with COP26 climate change talks underway in Glasgow. The new policy contains some...

Scott Morrison spruiks electric vehicles – but rules out subsidies and an end-date for petrol cars

  Image: Mick Tsikas/AAPAfter demonising Labor’s policy on electric cars before the 2019 election, the federal government has put electric vehicles at the centre...

‘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...

The US jumps on board the electric vehicle revolution, leaving Australia in the dust

 Image: ShuttlestockThe Morrison government on Friday released a plan to reduce carbon emissions from Australia’s road transport sector. Controversially, it ruled out consumer incentives to...

China just stunned the world with its step-up on climate action – and the implications for Australia may be huge

Picture: Lukas Coch/AAP China’s President Xi Jinping surprised the global community recently by committing his country to net-zero emissions by 2060. Prior to this announcement,...
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Mick Pacholli

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.