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While Anthony Albanese says we're in a "race for jobs" with other countries offering big government subsidies and can't afford to be "left behind", Productivity Commissioner Danielle Wood isn't sure it's a race we should...

Scheme aims to raise standard of insulation in 19m of the UK’s leakiest homes

Energy minister says body will ‘focus like a laser on any obstacles to job creation and investment’

Strangely, making electricity affordable makes it harder to employ people. Who knew? The IPA shows that nearly 650,000 Australian jobs are at risk from Net Zero policies, and most of those jobs will be lost in the regions...

Surprising no one: lumpy expensive electricity does not make for a High Tech Paradise

Only five green jobs on average are created per £1m spent, while most equipment is made abroad

Only five green jobs on average are created per £1m spent, while most equipment is made abroad

Hydrogen is being hailed as the fuel of the future and it's more politically palatable in regional areas than solar power, but it's still a decade away from being viable, writes Peter McCutcheon.

Higher public spending urged as way of boosting employment and GDP at relatively low cost

Britain’s commitment to a net zero carbon footprint by 2050 can be the catalyst for a jobs revolution in regions beyond London and the south-east. The government is doing far too little to make it happen

Growth often doesn’t benefit the people who need it – a green economy could create 1 million jobs

When Hurricane Maria pummeled Puerto Rico last Saturday with 155mph winds, hundreds of homes and businesses were destroyed and the entire island was left in a total blackout...

The Guardian calls for coal pit closures plan to be shelved and for an independent inquiry to be set up

India’s government is killing two birds with one stone by hiring youth to plant two billion trees along highways throughout the country. The plan to put as many as 300,000 youth to work planting trees will help quell the...

Residential energy is saved and vulnerable gain skills through behaviour change projectWith a quarter of carbon dioxide emissions in the UK coming from the residential sector, there's a need to find new ways to help households...