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- Let’s not waste another summer debating climate science – Australia’s energy transition can work for everyone | Peter Lewis Tue, 19 Nov 24, 10:45amWhen the heat is on, the onus should be on the Coalition to explain why they don’t support measures to ensure their newly discovered battlers have access to rooftop solar
- The Coalition’s nuclear fantasy serves short-term political objectives – and its fossil fuel backers | Peter Lewis Tue, 2 Jul 24, 12:06pmDutton’s policy latches on to genuine concerns about power prices and disruption evident in the latest Guardian Essential report, but what are its real motivations?
- Here’s the truth: energy transition is hard. Not everyone gets a pony | Peter Lewis Tue, 23 Apr 24, 12:18pmJobs will change, communities will be affected, but we have a shot at rising to the challenge of global heating
- Guardian Essential poll: voters back Labor’s Future Made in Australia plan while overestimating cost of renewables Tue, 23 Apr 24, 1:00amResults highlight the difficulties government faces in selling energy transition to sceptical public
- Guardian Essential report: is renewable energy misinformation working? - podcast Thu, 2 Nov 23, 1:00pmGuardian Australia’s political editor Katharine Murphy is joined by Essential Media’s Peter Lewis to discuss the renewable transition, impacts on communities and support for nuclear energy
- The right is firing misinformation bullets in its climate war on renewables – here’s a way to fight back | Peter Lewis Tue, 31 Oct 23, 12:26pmIn the disinformation age it’s not enough for us to shake our heads about the lies the other side perpetrates
- Guardian Essential poll: most voters don’t believe Australia will meet Labor’s net zero by 2050 target Tue, 31 Oct 23, 1:00amAlmost three-quarters say development of renewables should not ‘come at the expense of local communities’ and half support nuclear energy
- Soaring power bills being used as cover for more lies about renewable energy, Labor claims Wed, 2 Nov 22, 1:00amClimate minister Chris Bowen says opponents of climate action have seized on cost-of-living crisis to resume campaign against clean energy transition
- Power to the people: it’s not an alternate universe, Australia can make energy a shared commodity | Peter Lewis Tue, 1 Nov 22, 12:13pmVoters want energy networks that support the public good and governments to be accountable for power supply
- Be honest and nuanced: how Labor can keep its green credentials and still support coal | Peter Lewis Tue, 25 Feb 20, 1:48pmLabor needs to move the debate beyond slogans and shouting by arguing that despite its environmental downsides, coal has a place
- Essential poll: a majority of Coalition voters support a net zero emissions target for 2050 Tue, 25 Feb 20, 3:30amLatest fortnightly survey shows a majority of Australian voters support net zero either strongly or somewhat
- A lump of coal - metaphor for a wretched year for Malcolm Turnbull | Peter Lewis Fri, 22 Dec 17, 3:45pmA prime minister captive to his conservative base has proved incapable of leading the nation forward. 2018 will show how this will play out politically
- Malcolm Turnbull is not the smartest person in the room. Quite the opposite | Peter Lewis Tue, 24 Oct 17, 12:50pmTwo issues central to our prime minister’s personal brand conflict have dominated politics recently: marriage equality and climate change
- Sixty per cent of postal survey voters have said yes to marriage equality – Guardian Essential poll Tue, 24 Oct 17, 4:00amThree-quarters of those surveyed report that they have voted in the ballot, with a further 8% saying they definitely will
- The Guardian Essential Report, 17 October results Tue, 17 Oct 17, 12:27pmThis report summarises the results of a weekly poll conducted by Essential Research with data provided by Your Source. Some questions are repeated regularly (such as political preference and leadership approval), while others...