Mining
Origin planning to drill CSG wells through Linc explosive gas zone

The pitched battle between farmers and miners is on again at Hopeland after Origin is allowed to ...  
Condamine fire: CSIRO called out over conflict of interest with GISERA

The CSIRO claim that fracking isn't to blame for the methane gas bubbling up through the Condamine ...  
Peabody's grossly inadequate rehab bond

Peabody Energy's mines are closing and to add insult to injury, will likely abandon their destr ...  
Adani vs the Great Barrier Reef: Turnbull and Palaszczuk choose polluters over public

Why are the State and Federal government siding with Adani rather than listening to the many ...  
Santos pond liner fails putting Pilliga and Great Artesian Basin at risk

Has Santos negligence and poor Government oversight caused millions of litres of toxic water to ...  
How green energy is already taking over the world

investment in renewables galloped ahead of fossil fuels in 2015 with a majority of plants planned ...  
New Acland coal mine: The land that rehabilitation forgot

Coal miner New Hope is in court again, attempting to explain why the State Government should let ...  
The cost of Australia’s uranium deal with India

Zushan Hashmi discusses the Turnbull Government's recent unrestricted nuclear deal with India and ...  
Fossil fuel industry spending millions on 2016 presidential candidates

Super PACs, fossil fuels and the money behind the presidential candidates. A DeSmogBlog report by ...  
CSG Inquiry: 'Liars, cheats and thieves'

The troubled CSG industry is currently facing strong community opposition in two states — not ...  
Mystery explained: Hunt's award handed out by the oil industry

The nation's satirists stormed Twitter this week crying mass unemployment over the shock anno ...  
Australia's dirtiest coal-fired power station launches global campaign for 1,000GW of solar

Here's a turn up! Engie, the owner of Hazelwood, Australia's dirtiest coal-fired power station, is ...  
Queensland's collapsing LNG industry

The oil price war is inflicting further damage on Queensland's collapsing LNG industry. Lachlan ...  
Saving the Great Barrier Reef: One picture at a time

Lachlan Barker fights the lunacy of mining our Great Barrier Reef with a new approach: the spir ...  
Environment department’s comments back whistleblower’s claims on CSG approval

A recent Right to Information response shows that the Queensland Department of Environment and ...  
Whistle-blower Simone Marsh's new exposé: the corrupt birth of the Queensland gas industry

Courageous whistle-blower, Simone Marsh, shines a further spotlight into the murky and corrupt ...  
The Wizards of Bridge Street: Inside the magical NSW mining approvals factory

NSW public service whistleblower David C. Paull explains how the State's mystifying mining appr ...  
There’s no precedent for stopping the Carmichael coal mine — but we should

In light of the Paris Agreement, Queensland University Law Lecturer Justine Bell discusses our ...  

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