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	<title>Crikey &#187; Giles Parkinson</title>
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		<title>Obama&#8217;s new global warming push leaves Abbott in the cold</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/14/obamas-new-global-warming-push-leaves-abbott-in-the-cold/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/14/obamas-new-global-warming-push-leaves-abbott-in-the-cold/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 01:08:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Giles Parkinson</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Barack Obama championed a cap-and-trade scheme on climate change yesterday. With a hostile Congress, he'll struggle to achieve it. Still it leaves the Tea Party-esque Tony Abbott behind on climate policy.]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Game changer&#8217;: renewables now cheaper than coal, gas</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/08/game-changer-renewables-now-cheaper-than-coal-gas/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2013/02/08/game-changer-renewables-now-cheaper-than-coal-gas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 01:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Giles Parkinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[New analysis from Bloomberg New Energy Finance concludes that renewables are already cheaper than new-build coal and gas in Australia. And gas may not even be needed.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Doha(rd) 2012: should we ditch the UN climate process?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/12/10/dohard-2012-modest-results-cast-doubt-on-un-climate-process/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/12/10/dohard-2012-modest-results-cast-doubt-on-un-climate-process/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2012 23:56:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Giles Parkinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[climate change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doha climate summit 2012]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The United Nations' climate summit in Doha tied up a few loose ends over the weekend but was, at best, a patch-up job. Is the UN process worth the time and effort?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Carbon capture technology: climate superhero or rort?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/12/05/carbon-capture-technology-climate-superhero-or-rort/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/12/05/carbon-capture-technology-climate-superhero-or-rort/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 01:15:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Giles Parkinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carbon Capture and Storage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Doha climate summit 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewables]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=335914</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There's a reason fossil fuel giants -- and some environmental groups -- just love carbon capture technology. But is it really the answer to climate change?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>The rise of the solar voter &#8212; they&#8217;re not where you think</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/11/05/the-rise-of-the-solar-voter-theyre-not-where-you-think/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/11/05/the-rise-of-the-solar-voter-theyre-not-where-you-think/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 02:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Giles Parkinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[alternative energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[middle class welfare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar power]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Analysis shows where Australia's solar panels are -- and it's not in the inner-city latte set. Some politicians may need to rethink their view on support for solar.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>18</slash:comments>
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		<title>Energy admission: wind, solar to be cheapest by 2030</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/08/01/energy-admission-wind-solar-to-be-cheapest-by-2030/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/08/01/energy-admission-wind-solar-to-be-cheapest-by-2030/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 03:02:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Giles Parkinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electricity grid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wind energy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=306773</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Bureau of Energy Economics now says solar and wind will provide the cheapest forms of energy, shaking up the nation’s electricity grid.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>85</slash:comments>
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		<title>Electricity retailers: do we really need them?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/07/05/electricity-retailers-do-we-really-need-them/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/07/05/electricity-retailers-do-we-really-need-them/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 03:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Giles Parkinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electricity generating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electricity industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electricity pricing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[power generators]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=301073</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Electricity retailers are not really retailers at all -- they don’t deliver any product, apart from a bill. Now they're accused of standing in the way of the energy revolution. Why do we need them?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/07/05/electricity-retailers-do-we-really-need-them/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>32</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why the federal government has failed at solar</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/07/04/why-the-federal-government-has-failed-at-solar/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/07/04/why-the-federal-government-has-failed-at-solar/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jul 2012 02:58:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Giles Parkinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Qld]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian renewable energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greg Combet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martin Ferguson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar dawn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Solar Flagships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar projects]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=300702</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The government will go to the 2013 election with not a single panel or heliostat installed from its $1.5 billion Solar Flagships program, first announced in 2009.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/07/04/why-the-federal-government-has-failed-at-solar/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>45</slash:comments>
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		<title>Parkinson: another day, another carbon price beat-up</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/06/26/parkinson-another-day-another-carbon-price-beat-up/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/06/26/parkinson-another-day-another-carbon-price-beat-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jun 2012 01:15:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Giles Parkinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[brown coal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[coal-fired energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hazelwood power station]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[loy yang A power station]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Professor Ross Garnaut]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewables]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=298872</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The front page stories in today’s mainstream media about bailouts for Australia’s biggest brown coal generators are not quite what they seem.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/06/26/parkinson-another-day-another-carbon-price-beat-up/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Sydney takes first steps to leave the grid</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/04/03/sydney-takes-first-steps-to-leave-the-grid/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/04/03/sydney-takes-first-steps-to-leave-the-grid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 03:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Giles Parkinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[NSW]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City of Sydney]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electricity grid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=283726</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Sydney is taking a first step towards reducing its dependence on the electricity grid and centralised energy with the official launch of a city-wide low-carbon energy network, to be built via a series of tri-generation plants installed by Origin Energy subsidiary Cogent Energy.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/04/03/sydney-takes-first-steps-to-leave-the-grid/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Parkinson: our cheap grid is letting us down: that&#8217;s not smart</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/22/parkinson-our-cheap-grid-is-letting-us-down-thats-not-smart/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/02/22/parkinson-our-cheap-grid-is-letting-us-down-thats-not-smart/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 02:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Giles Parkinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Players]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon tax]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electricity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[electricity grid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[energy grid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=275899</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nothing epitomises the challenges of Australia’s future energy needs as the state of the National Electricity Market itself.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Hard word on developing nations for a Durban climate deal</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/05/hard-word-on-developing-nations-for-a-durban-climate-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/05/hard-word-on-developing-nations-for-a-durban-climate-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 01:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Giles Parkinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Durban climate talks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greg Combet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kyoto Protocol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UN climate talks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=263330</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Canada seems to be enjoying its status as the pariah of the Durban climate change talks, reportedly registering a louder cheer in its parliament each time it is awarded a "fossil of the day" award.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/12/05/hard-word-on-developing-nations-for-a-durban-climate-deal/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Parkinson: Durban talks off to a bad start</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/28/parkinson-durban-talks-off-to-a-bad-start/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/28/parkinson-durban-talks-off-to-a-bad-start/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 02:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Giles Parkinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cancun UN climate change conference]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COP17]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Copenhagen Climate Change Conference]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kyoto Protocol]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UN climate talks]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=261805</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The UN climate change talks begin today in Durban in much the same way they have since 1995 -- with rhetoric about why the world needs to act but virtually no agreement on how or when.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/11/28/parkinson-durban-talks-off-to-a-bad-start/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>40</slash:comments>
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		<title>Parkinson: why the carbon crash is good</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/09/parkinson-why-the-carbon-crash-is-good/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/09/parkinson-why-the-carbon-crash-is-good/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 03:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Giles Parkinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The World]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[carbon markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carbon Price]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CERs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=240042</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Of all the equity and commodity prices that plunged last week in the global market carnage, the most dramatic falls came in the European and international carbon price.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/09/parkinson-why-the-carbon-crash-is-good/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Parkinson: carbon chaos in Canberra</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/08/parkinson-carbon-chaos-in-canberra/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/07/08/parkinson-carbon-chaos-in-canberra/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 03:06:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Giles Parkinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[ENVIRONMENT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carbon Price]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green investment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[low-carbon economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Martin Ferguson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[renewable energy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=234255</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is good reason why the government did not release the details of its carbon pricing package before the weekend.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Parkinson: pride and prejudice on solar scheme</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/20/parkinson-pride-and-prejudice-on-solar-scheme/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/06/20/parkinson-pride-and-prejudice-on-solar-scheme/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 02:56:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Giles Parkinson</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Martin Ferguson]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[solar projects]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar pv]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[solar thermal]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If the Labor government had wanted to further distinguish its clean energy policy from its predecessor's, then it would have got a fair bit of traction from the choices made in the first round of the $1.5 billion Solar Flagships program.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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