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- Biggest ever survey finds two-thirds of people think climate change is a global emergency
- Rating agency S&P warns 13 oil and gas companies they risk downgrades as renewables pick up steam one day agoFirms including Woodside, Chevron, Shell and Exxon Mobil, told they could be downgraded within weeks
- Coalition granting fossil fuel companies up to $250,000 to attend industry events Fri, 22 Jan 21, 2:28pmInternational mining conference among forums involving oil, coal and gas industries approved for subsidies in program touted as boosting events sector
- Western Australia LNG plant faces calls to shut down until faulty carbon capture system is fixed Fri, 15 Jan 21, 3:30amEnvironmental groups blast state government for failure to penalise Chevron’s Gorgon plant for increased greenhouse gas emissions
- NSW coal-fired power plant chosen as site of Australia's biggest battery Tue, 12 Jan 21, 4:49pmAnalysts say Origin’s plan for 700MW battery at Lake Macquarie Eraring power station and Neoen’s proposal for a 500MW storage project near Lithgow will accelerate the state’s energy transition
- Stop believing in fairytales: Australia’s coal industry doesn’t employ many people or pay its fair share of tax | Richard Denniss Wed, 23 Dec 20, 4:08pmThe evidence to the contrary comes from the Morrison government’s own data
- Stop believing in fairy tales: Australia’s coal industry doesn’t employ many people or pay its fair share of tax | Richard Denniss Wed, 23 Dec 20, 4:08pmThe evidence to the contrary comes from the Morrison government’s own data
- Farmers launch legal challenge against approval of $3.6bn Narrabri gas project Wed, 23 Dec 20, 3:30amEnvironmental Defenders Office will argue in court NSW government agency did not properly assess project’s impact on climate change
- South Australian windfarm fined $1m for compliance failure before 2016 blackout Tue, 22 Dec 20, 4:59pmFederal court finds operators contravened national electricity rules by operating with inadequate settings to cope with disruptions to the power network
- WA court challenge launched against huge Burrup Hub gas project Mon, 21 Dec 20, 7:47pmEnvironment group says plan led by Woodside is ‘most polluting fossil fuel project ever to be proposed in Australia’
- Australia's electricity predicted to be cheaper in 2023, helped by green power and lower gas prices Mon, 21 Dec 20, 3:30amAustralian Energy Market Commission says households could expect to pay $120 less
- Electricity predicted to be cheaper in 2023 helped by green power and lower gas prices Mon, 21 Dec 20, 3:30amAustralian Energy Market Commission says households could expect to pay $120 less
- Coalition should commit to halving emissions this decade, says conservative thinktank Mon, 21 Dec 20, 3:30amA report by Blueprint Institute says coal-fired power generation is in ’permanent decline’ and its end is ‘inevitable’
- 'Zero return': government savaged over taxpayer grants to open up new gas basin in Australia Sat, 19 Dec 20, 6:00amCoalition funding for gas exploration in Northern Territory labelled a costly plan ‘for a climate catastrophe’
- Liberal MPs pour cold water on inquiry backed by Frydenberg into bank lending for coal projects Wed, 16 Dec 20, 5:14pmAndrew Bragg and Tim Wilson say inquiry is unnecessary because it’s a legitimate ‘matter for those institutions’