The Power Index: who’s doing the heavy lifting on carbon?
Who's really cutting carbon in Australia? The Power Index uncovers the most influential: the business chiefs, lawyers, regulators and bureaucrats driving the green economy as concerns mount globally...
View ArticleThe Power Index: our long list of carbon cutters
The Power Index is profiling the top 10 people who are de-carbonising Australia's economy. Read our long list of the top 25 here, before we launch into the pointy end of the list tomorrow ...
View ArticleThe Power Index: carbon cutters, Jane Sargison at #10
"There are a lot of solutions on the cusp," says up-and-coming engineer Dr Jane Sargison on the task of reducing carbon emissions. Now she's stepped out of her Hobart laboratory to lobby for the cash...
View ArticleThe Power Index: carbon cutters, Coalition influencers at #9
Who will influence Tony Abbott on climate policy if he claims the Lodge? The Coalition vows to ditch the carbon tax but its Direct Action alternative needs resourcing. The Power Index examines the...
View ArticleThe Power Index: carbon cutters, Martin Green at #8
Australian solar pioneer Martin Green is the man behind the solar entrepreneurs of the world. His early research and 40-year teaching career has driven a generation of solar development and...
View ArticleIs this sunset for the Sun King? Shi Zhengrong sidelined
Solar baron Shi Zhengrong has been sensationally sacked as chairman of the Chinese firm he set up. So what does this have to do with the University of NSW -- and does Dr Shi still call Australia home?
View ArticleThe Power Index: carbon cutters, Andrew Grant at #7
Maybe money does grow on trees. Businessman Andrew Grant is making plenty from forests to reduce CO2, but he's not a typical greenie. He thinks Australia has stuffed up decarbonisation -- and business...
View ArticleThe Power Index: carbon cutters, Tim Flannery at #6
Plain-spoken and sometimes optimistic, Tim Flannery is trying to teach Australia about climate change -- and its solutions. For all his accolades, though, some scientists don't want him in their club,...
View ArticleThe Power Index: carbon cutters, Martijn Wilder at #5
Martijn Wilder is the world's top climate lawyer by some accounts. So does he think the law is letting down the environment when it comes to global warming? And if it is, who's to blame? Read about the...
View ArticleThe Power Index: carbon cutters, Oliver Yates at #4
Oliver Yates is the ex-Macquarie banker who turned his back on a lucrative career to head up the government's controversial (and possibly short-lived) green bank. Why did this "maverick" do it -- and...
View ArticleThe Power Index: carbon cutters, Michael Fraser at #3
Michael Fraser has a dual personality: he heads up a company with a massive carbon footprint that is also heavily involved in renewable energy. So why is he walking both sides of the line -- and how...
View ArticleThe Power Index: carbon cutters, Anthea Harris at #2
Anthea Harris has arguably been more involved in pricing carbon pollution than anyone else in Australia. How does the Climate Change Authority chief and veteran carbon adviser get things done in this...
View ArticleThe Power Index: carbon cutters, bureaucratic troika at #1
Three senior bureaucrats have taken the country on a bold economic experiment to address climate change. Martin Parkinson, Blair Comley and Ross Garnaut have fingerprints all over the carbon price --...
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