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- Australia urgently needs a grid upgrade – but the march of new power lines faces a bush revolt Thu, 24 Aug 23, 1:00amLandowners – including many who support the shift to renewable energy – fear proposed lines will devalue properties and destroy ecosystems
- NSW renewable energy zones up to two years behind schedule Thu, 25 May 23, 1:00am‘We are not going to allow the lights to go off,’ state energy minister Penny Sharpe vows
- Conservationists rubbish plan to build a windfarm near protected north Queensland rainforests Sat, 22 Apr 23, 1:00amAbout 1,000ha of native vegetation will have to be cleared to build the proposed Chalumbin windfarm on the edge of the world heritage area
- How the wind blows in Walcha: a community divided over renewable energy Wed, 15 Mar 23, 1:00amFarmers in New England are facing off against an unlikely alliance of the National party and conservationists
- ‘Everyone’s against it’: the powerlines dispute in one of Victoria’s most marginal electorates Wed, 23 Nov 22, 1:00amProposed transmission lines to help meet renewable targets are slated to run through Ripon, held by just 15 votes in 2018
- New battery technology could be a ‘game changer’ for regional Australian communities Fri, 18 Nov 22, 1:00amThe CEO of Swiss company Energy Vault says its gravity storage technology can be built anywhere you can build a 20-storey building
- ‘Harrowing’: trauma caused by Morwell coalmine fire set high school students back 18 months Thu, 3 Feb 22, 3:30amFindings of study show importance of educational and emotional support for children after disaster events, researchers say
- Windfarm opponents in Nundle accuse NSW of double standards Tue, 16 Nov 21, 3:30amRenewables should be developed ‘where regional communities want them’, ministers have said
- Reaping the wind turbines: the little town in the Great Dividing Range split by green energy plan Sun, 24 Oct 21, 6:00amThose born in the small NSW town of Nundle are generally in favour of a new windfarm, while many tree changers object
- Third new coal project approved by Australian environment minister Sussan Ley in just one month Tue, 5 Oct 21, 12:28pmApproval granted for Mangoola Coal to extract 52m tonnes over eight years – weeks before major global talks on climate crisis
- Waratah Coal in bid to sidestep approval path for Queensland power station, conservationists say Thu, 23 Sep 21, 12:18pm$3.5bn project sent to local council for approval, which company insists is ‘absolutely a normal process’
- ‘The living heart of Australia’: fracking plans threaten fragile channel country Thu, 20 May 21, 6:00amThe locals are divided as energy companies eye the gas resources buried kilometres below the sensitive Queensland floodplain region
- NSW unveils $32bn renewable energy plan with focus on pumped hydro Mon, 9 Nov 20, 10:02amRoadmap could increase share of renewable energy in state from 16% today to more than 60% by 2030
- Whitehaven Vickery mine expansion to extract 250% more coal approved by NSW Wed, 12 Aug 20, 2:28pmExpanded mine in north-west NSW predicted to generate extra 100 million tonnes of greenhouse gases once coal is burned
- 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