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- Mercury pollution at Eraring power plant rose 130% in 12 months Thu, 4 Apr 24, 9:57amEnvironment groups say increased pollution levels means it would be ‘absurd and harmful’ to extend life of Eraring, which is due to close in August 2025
- NSW may be forced to pay $150m a year to extend life of coal-fired plant, energy expert predicts Thu, 28 Mar 24, 1:00am‘If ever there was a perfect case-study of the negative impacts on taxpayers of privatisation of strategic public assets, Eraring is it,’ Tim Buckley says
- NSW lags on rollout of renewables, putting Australia’s 2030 clean energy target at risk Mon, 11 Mar 24, 1:00amState less than halfway to goal, report suggests, adding to challenges for federal government’s 82% renewable energy target for grid by end of decade
- NSW lagging on rollout of renewables meaning Australia could miss 2030 clean energy target Mon, 11 Mar 24, 1:00amState less than halfway to goal, report suggests, adding to challenges for federal government’s 82% renewable energy target for grid by end of decade
- Plan to power Cowra with biogas in doubt after regional investment fund shuttered Mon, 5 Feb 24, 1:00amConstruction of $26m Clean Cowra biomass generator was scheduled to begin this year, but operators yet to secure a new funding source
- NSW can avoid electricity shortages without paying hundreds of millions to keep Eraring open, expert says Fri, 19 Jan 24, 1:00amNew renewable energy and battery projects will provide enough capacity when Australia’s largest coal-fired power station closes, report finds
- AGL to start building grid-scale battery on site of former Liddell coal-fired power plant Wed, 20 Dec 23, 10:24amCompany hails battery ‘another significant milestone in AGL’s decarbonisation pathway and the transition of its energy portfolio’
- NSW minerals lobby advertising blitz doesn’t come clean on the dirty realities of coalmining | Temperature Check Thu, 23 Nov 23, 10:56amState’s Minerals Council says campaign aims to educate the public – but its claims of responsible, low-emissions mining don’t stack up
- Liberal Senate hopeful accused of putting politics above facts by opposing Illawarra windfarm Wed, 15 Nov 23, 11:44amFormer NSW cabinet minister Andrew Constance says he will back members of the Coalition Against Offshore Wind if elected
- How a false claim about wind turbines killing whales is spinning out of control in coastal Australia Sun, 12 Nov 23, 6:00amWindfarm critics claim projects will harm marine life. Scientists say that’s not backed by credible evidence
- Charged up: NSW tourism hotspots to go electric in bid to fuel EV uptake Fri, 3 Nov 23, 3:07pmElectric vehicle travel to be made easier with 1,500 NSW government-funded charging plugs in regional tourism areas
- Firefighters battle blazes in Queensland and NSW – as it happened Tue, 24 Oct 23, 7:02pmFive homes lost in Millmerran and Tara with several communities under evacuation orders on Tuesday evening. As it happened
- Australia news live: Queensland fires prompt emergency warnings; property pundits confident house prices to rise over next 12 months Tue, 24 Oct 23, 4:54pmMore than 400 volunteers and staff are fighting 43 fires across the state, authorities say. Follow the day’s news live
- Australia news live: complaining about inner-city ‘latte sippers’ isn’t good leadership, outgoing farmers’ federation president says Tue, 24 Oct 23, 2:01pm‘The us and them rhetoric pushes us farmers away from the people we ultimately serve,’ Fiona Simson says. Follow the day’s news live
- Australia news live: properties lost as fires blaze in southern Queensland; former ambassador to US ‘optimistic’ on Aukus Tue, 24 Oct 23, 11:00amNSW police have meanwhile appealed for public assistance as they investigate the cause of several bushfires along the state’s mid-north coast. Follow the day’s news live