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Doctors call for fossils fuels to be labelled an unacceptable health hazard

Dr. Graeme McLeay from Doctors for the Environment urges us to contact our energy ministers ...  
Kevin Scarce, head of SA's Nuclear Fuel Cycle RC, also has a conflict of interest

Given the public outcry over Brian Martin's conflict of interest as head of the Royal Commissio ...  
Big bucks, radioactive waste and a biased SA Royal Commission

Following SA's nuclear fuel cycle RC, a publicly-funded PR campaign is attempting to make the ...  
Frydenberg admits renewables not to blame for SA energy 'crisis'

Good to see Josh Frydenberg acknowledge renewables not to blame for the SA energy "crisis", bu ...  
LNG takes another lurch toward financial oblivion

The future for gas companies is looking grim and this means market forces will effect what our ...  
Taxpayers to foot the bill for mine closures

Mine rehabilitation – to avoid toxic seepage – is a costly business which taxpayers look ...  
Meet "Mr Coal" — our new climate change minister

DeSmogBlog's Graham Readfearn discusses "Mr Coal" Josh Frydenberg’s appointment as Minister ...  
Gas cartels having a field day on Australian consumers

Australia's energy prices continue to soar while our gas customers ship our gas thousands of miles ...  
Weatherill trumps up Citizens' Jury Report in push for SA nuke waste dump

Noel Wauchope, who has been covering the Nuclear Fuel Cycle Royal Commission for IA, calls SA ...  
Chocolates, bananas, ionising radiation and a nuclear waste dump

On the matter of ionising radiation and health, Noel Wauchope rebuts five misleading speakers ...  
Nuclear waste importing: The taboo election topic

An international nuclear waste dump is planned for South Australia but it is hardly mentioned ...  
How Big Mining's donations influence the political agenda in Canberra

Voters take note: As the old adage goes, if you take the King's shilling, you do the King's ...  
Brown coal's bleak future as Victorian Labor joins other Labor states to ramp up #renewables

Victorian Labor joins Labor states of SA, ACT and Qld in trumping the Turnbull Government on ...  
Why agriculture –  not gas or coal – is important for Australia

Recently released ABS figures illustrate steady growth for agriculture over coal and gas. Lachlan ...  
Is Hazelwood, the world's most polluting coal fired power station, closing?

Environmental organisations have welcomed the news that Engie has flagged closing the world's most ...  
Dodgy council deals, Boggabri Coal and Leard State Forest

Corporations influencing elected representatives with shrewdly-placed donations is not unusual — ...  
CSIRO's new report on #innovation focusses squarely on DICE-y coal technology

CSIRO's new report mapping Australia’s innovation and investment to 2030 focusses squarely on ...  
'Harmless?' There's nothing harmless about nuclear waste

Terms like ‘harmless’ waste are misleading and downplay the seriousness of the problem with ...  

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