Eco Friendly & Sustainable Living
queensland, Tag
- New Acland coalmine caught drilling illegally at 27 sites – and fined just $3,152 Tue, 30 Jul 19, 4:00amExclusive: Queensland authorities believed penalty – a 20th of the maximum for a single infringement – would serve as a deterrent
- Insurance giant Suncorp says it will no longer cover new thermal coal projects Fri, 26 Jul 19, 1:17pmActivists say move means there are now no Australian insurers willing to underwrite new thermal coal developments
- Queensland mining royalties found to give 'effective subsidies' to thermal coal exporters Wed, 24 Jul 19, 4:00amAustralia Institute report suggests public support for overhaul of royalty rates
- Adani protest: French journalists arrested while filming anti-coal activities Mon, 22 Jul 19, 4:02pmJournalists charged with trespassing after filming Frontline Action on Coal activists include Hugo Clement
- Mineworkers fear 'reprisals' for raising safety concerns amid spike in deaths Wed, 10 Jul 19, 8:00amUnion worries about ‘reporting culture’ at Queensland mines, where most workers are now employed as casuals
- The reason Australia doesn't have nuclear power: the workers fought back | Jeff Sparrow Mon, 24 Jun 19, 11:24amWorkers have been fighting uranium mining for decades – the environment needs mass civil disobedience
- 'Change is coming': Al Gore says economics will break fossil fuel dinosaurs Fri, 7 Jun 19, 4:00amFormer US vice-president says new coalmines make no commercial sense, and even Australian governments will have to change course
- Australian musicians band together to invest in solar farms Tue, 4 Jun 19, 6:26amExclusive: Midnight Oil, Cloud Control, Vance Joy and Regurgitator join FEAT., a new platform encouraging their industry to back sustainability
- Queensland Coalition MPs push for inquiry to lift Australia's nuclear power ban Sun, 2 Jun 19, 11:08amKeith Pitt and James McGrath behind move, saying ‘we have to be able to investigate all options’
- Australia to achieve 50% renewables by 2030 without government intervention, analysis finds Wed, 29 May 19, 4:00amRepuTex modelling suggests surge in state schemes and rooftop solar will reduce wholesale prices, making gas- and coal-fired power less competitive
- Australia isn't doing its part for the global climate. Sooner or later we’ll have to pay our share | John Quiggin Mon, 27 May 19, 4:06pmBut the cost of responding to climate change is trivial compared with the benefits
- It's easy to dismiss Queenslanders as coal-addicted bogans, but it's more complex than that | Amanda Cahill Fri, 24 May 19, 4:00amEveryone loses when we sideline the people at the forefront of the transition to a zero emissions economy
- 'Fed up': Queensland premier calls for Adani coalmine approvals timeline this week Wed, 22 May 19, 12:59pmAnnastacia Palaszczuk says state ‘needs some certainty’ about timing of outstanding approvals
- Coal industry urges re-elected Morrison government to build new coal plants Mon, 20 May 19, 4:30pmThe Coal Council calls on Labor to reverse many of its climate policies after strong election swings against it
- On the road with Bob Brown's Stop Adani Convoy: Hobart to Clermont – in pictures Mon, 6 May 19, 4:51pmPhotographer Matthew Newton travelled alongside the 5,000-strong protest against Adani’s proposed Carmichael coalmine, which left Hobart on 17 April before making its way to Clermont in central Queensland and on to Canberra,...