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- Treasurer says reason for funds top-up is fall in GST share, not hydraulic fracturing decision
- Northern Territory lifts fracking ban, opening up 700,000 sq km to gas exploration Tue, 17 Apr 18, 10:24amFirst exploration fracking expected next year but national parks and conservation areas will be protected
- Don't believe the hype on natural gas. It's a fossil fuel just like coal | Fiona Stanley, Graeme Pearman & Richard Yin Tue, 17 Apr 18, 1:55pmThe scale of growth of Australia’s natural gas industry is inconsistent with our Paris commitments
- States across the country are trying to make it illegal to plan a pipeline protest Tue, 17 Apr 18, 12:59amA new wave of bills being introduced in states such as Louisiana, Pennsylvania, and Minnesota aim to criminalize the process of planning a protest against the construction of an oil or gas pipeline...
- New satellite to spot planet-warming industrial methane leaks Fri, 13 Apr 18, 1:15amMultimillion dollar project will scan and make public methane leaks from oil and gas plants that are a major contributor to global warming
- Fight the power of the frackers by changing energy supplier | Letters Sat, 7 Apr 18, 1:37amHoward Hardman suggests dumping the big six to stop the drilling; Austen Lynch says Lancashire’s fracking wells won’t provide much of an energy dividend; Neil Anderson on France’s tidal power station successThe news...
- IEA accused of undermining global shift from fossil fuels Thu, 5 Apr 18, 7:43pmHighly critical study warns projections used by the organisation tasked with leading the switch to clean energy remain skewed towards oil and gas and may break climate targets of Paris agreement
- Fracking firm says first horizontal well at Lancashire is complete Tue, 3 Apr 18, 10:21pmProtesters mock announcement by Cuadrilla as they start three-month protest at Lancashire site
- Patagonia strikes back at Trump over public lands policies Tue, 3 Apr 18, 2:16amOutdoor clothing company Patagonia is calling out President Trump and his administration as liars regarding the role that fossil fuels played in the administration's recent public land decisions...
- David Cameron laments 'painfully slow' fracking progress in UK Thu, 29 Mar 18, 11:53pmHe blames green campaigners for delays, but believes industry will eventually take off in UK
- Texas sinkholes: oil and gas drilling increases threat, scientists warn Tue, 27 Mar 18, 10:37pmGround rising and falling in region that has been ‘punctured like a pin cushion’ since the 1940s, new study finds
- The public health impact of Hurricane Harvey is worse than we've been told Fri, 23 Mar 18, 4:01amMore than six months since Hurricane Harvey decimated much of Central America and the American Gulf Coast, the public still doesn't have the answers it needs regarding the full public health impact of the powerful storm...
- Warning of power shortfall risk after closure of Liddell plant Fri, 23 Mar 18, 4:00amNSW will need extra generation capacity unless AGL rolls out all three stages of its transition
- This is just fracking by another name | Letters Thu, 22 Mar 18, 4:35amBy declaring all sources of oil and gas in limestone and sandstone as ‘conventional’, writes Kathryn McWhirter, the government and oil companies are hoping the controversy over fracking will go awayThe threat that you...
- Narrabri gas project fire risk unacceptable, firefighters say Wed, 21 Mar 18, 12:59pmThe Santos project would be exempt from complete fire bans and allowed to flare gas, even in catastrophic fire weather