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- Australia's national Covid-19 commission, gas pipelines and a troubling lack of transparency 21 hours agoThe national Covid-19 commission was created to help steer the government through economic and social recovery from the pandemic. However, an interim report recommending large-scale investment in gas has raised alarm among...
- Expanded mine in north-west NSW predicted to generate extra 100 million tonnes of greenhouse gases once coal is burned
- Calls for Woodside to pay $200m to clean up moribund Timor Sea oil site it ran until 2016 Sun, 9 Aug 20, 6:00amReview recommends ‘trailing liability’, where owners remain liable for decommissioning sites after selling them
- Second major Korean brokerage withdraws financial backing for Adani's coal projects Mon, 3 Aug 20, 3:30amExclusive: Hanwha follows Samsung in vowing to cease support, saying it had ‘no knowledge’ of environmental issues related to Carmichael mine
- More coal power generation closed than opened around the world this year, research finds Mon, 3 Aug 20, 10:00amChina continues to increase its coal power, but in India construction has ground to a near halt
- Australia’s trilemma of providing good, fast and cheap energy finally has a clear solution | Simon Holmes à Court Fri, 31 Jul 20, 12:35pmWe now know that we can have an affordable, reliable and low emissions power system – and it needs a lot less coal and fossil gas
- Labor asks for inquiry into how Shine Energy secured $4m grant for Collinsville coal plant study Mon, 27 Jul 20, 3:30amMark Butler asks auditor-general for investigation into how company invited to apply for grant two days after securing it
- Aboriginal heritage: Gomeroi elders attack 'useless' law after Shenhua mine setback Sun, 26 Jul 20, 6:00amTraditional custodians say a federal law is all that stands in the way of the proposed coalmine on the Liverpool plains of NSW
- Shine Energy: how a solar startup pivoted to coal and won a $4m federal government grant Sat, 25 Jul 20, 6:00amChief executive Ashley Dodd’s dream ‘is to become a big player in the power industry’. But Queensland politicians question whether more coal-fired power is needed
- Shine Energy invited to apply for Collinsville power station grant two days after securing it Fri, 24 Jul 20, 3:30amExclusive: Federal government gave proponent of coal-fired power plant a $4m grant despite having no energy sector experience
- Plan that tackles recession and climate change could create 76,000 Australian jobs, report says Tue, 21 Jul 20, 8:09amJobs could be created in three years with a focus on 12 areas including large-scale renewable energy and electric vehicle networks
- Samsung Securities pledges no further financial backing for Adani coal after protest Fri, 17 Jul 20, 4:19pmSamsung group company responds to protesters targeting electronics brand saying it will give no more financing to ‘any of Adani’s coal projects’
- Samsung investment in Adani's Australian coal operation prompts call for boycott Thu, 16 Jul 20, 1:03pmActivists protest at Samsung Electronics store in Sydney over debt purchase by affiliate Samsung Securities
- Birriah elders accuse Shine Energy of using Indigenous links to promote coal-fired power Thu, 16 Jul 20, 3:30amExclusive: Shine Energy, which has proposed a new plant at Collinsville in north Queensland, describes itself as a ‘traditional owner company’
- How Australia's state energy ministers are turning the tables on Angus Taylor | Simon Holmes à Court Sat, 11 Jul 20, 8:55amThe state energy ministers still need to deliver on their promises, but imagine if any of them held the federal portfolio