In an increasingly aware global population, sustainable and clean energy sources are topics almost everyone have heard of by now. The recent environmental catastrophes due to global warming include Australia. Australia is both a significant exporter and user of coal. It is also the world’s largest coal exporter, with over half of its energy exports
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“It was like driving through hell,” was one of the reactions after a midnight evacuation last week in the state of Oregon. After looking at the scenes in California, Oregon, and Washington, you might even compare the situation to an apocalypse with the sky in California turning completely orange. Over the last few weeks, these
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Betting on an old “money-maker” versus investing in renewable energy. Why is the energy sector not investing more in renewables?
The energy sector is facing challenging times in which it has to balance short-term returns with its long-term license to operate. Shell, one of the largest oil and gas companies in the world, started a massive reorganization as they expect a permanent decline in the price of oil and gas due to the corona crisis.
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Consequences of extreme weather events such as heat and drought are disruptive to our global economy. How large these negative effects are going to be, is yet to be decided (by ourselves). You might think that the negative effects of climate change are only visible in the long term, but we can already see the
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