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- The numbers no longer stack up when it comes to coal-fired power: wind and solar are cheaper, and rising electricity costs have more to do with gas prices and network costs than any "green scheme", writes Ian Verrender.
- Germany Probably Won’t Meet Its Global Warming Goal, Despite Shelling Out $800 Billion For Green Energy one day agoEnergy From The Daily Caller Michael Bastasch 2:50 PM 09/22/2017 A recent report claims Germany is not on track to meet its goal to reduce carbon dioxide emissions 40 percent by 2020, despite the country spending billions...
- Labor vowed to ban ‘trans-shipping’ in reef waters after UN’s scientific body raised concerns about proposal in 2014
- Drax boss Dorothy Thompson to step down after 12 years Fri, 22 Sep 17, 12:08amWill Gardiner, the group’s chief financial officer, will take over in January as company focuses on gas, biomass and battery power
- Turnbull rejects efforts to ‘dumb down’ energy debate into renewables v coal Thu, 21 Sep 17, 2:35pmA day after Tony Abbott’s call for coal to be prioritised, the prime minister says the debate has seen too much ideology and ‘not enough competence’
- Nuclear is not the way to a clean energy future | Letters Thu, 21 Sep 17, 4:38amWe should be worried about the flood-proofing of our nuclear power plants, says Sue Roaf, while David Bridgewater argues for nuclear fusion, rather than fission...
- Tony Abbott warns against 'unconscionable' renewable target Wed, 20 Sep 17, 9:00amFormer PM reissues demand for new coal power stations: ‘If we can have Snowy 2.0, let’s have Hazelwood 2.0’
- Q&A: panellists spar over coal as energy debate dominates Tue, 19 Sep 17, 7:38amDoctor says respiratory and cardiovascular implications of coal should be top of Australia’s energy debate and warns Adani mine threatens health of millions
- Beware nuclear industry’s fake news on being emissions free | Letters Mon, 18 Sep 17, 3:52amDavid Blackburn says we need decentralised energy sources; David Lowry on nuclear not being zero-carbon technology; plus letters from David Hayes and Fred StarrI wholeheartedly agree with much of your editorial (14 September),...
- Enough tiptoeing around. Let’s make this clear: coal kills people | Tim Hollo Mon, 18 Sep 17, 4:00amBurning more coal, knowing what we know, is a deliberate act of arson. We must urgently come to grips with this fact and reconnect with nature and our communities
- Miner supplying Mt Piper power station seeks urgent hearing over invalid licence Fri, 15 Sep 17, 12:46pmCentennial Coal, whose licence was ruled invalid after its Springvale mine was found to be polluting Sydney’s water, wants matter resolved in two weeks
- Tony Abbott calls for end to all energy subsidies, including on coal Thu, 14 Sep 17, 6:35pmFormer PM says he wants to see market-driven energy prices which would mean coal wouldn’t need any subsidies because it’s cheap
- Barnaby Joyce says any new energy investment mechanism must include coal power Wed, 13 Sep 17, 2:03pmAt the same time former head of Clean Energy Finance Corporation says there is no investor appetite for new coal power
- Shorten asks Turnbull when he will act on clean energy target – as it happened Tue, 12 Sep 17, 6:32pmBill Shorten takes government to task for high power prices in NSW and Malcolm Turnbull calls on China to do more on North Korea
- Shorten asks Turnbull when he will act on clean energy target – politics live Tue, 12 Sep 17, 5:51pmBill Shorten takes government to task for high power prices in NSW and Malcolm Turnbull calls on China to do more on North Korea