Energy
The COALition's coal infection: Is it contagious?

When a number of apparently sane people suggest building more coal-fired power stations, we must ...  
Frydenberg's NEG and weak emissions targets won't help renewables

Frydenberg says the NEG won't stop investment in renewables, but the Government's weak emissions ...  
Don’t go down the mine, Daddy!

Attending a recent talk on the effects of climate change served as an inspiring wake-up call for ...  
Starving amidst plenty: Australia’s oil dependency problem

Australia is the only International Energy Agency member state to consistently fail to maintain ...  
A pumped hydro site to make Sir John Monash proud — no, not Snowy 2.0

The question isn’t “if” but “how” to replace Yallourn Power Station with renewable ...  
How many Coalition MPs does it take to launch 400 'brown coal' jobs? 

The Turnbull Government's "brown coal to hydrogen" project is poised to create 400 jobs, but at w ...  
Lucas Heights nuclear reactor: The untold threat of the Sydney bushfires

As fires raged in Sydney, there hasn't been a peep about the fire hazard to Lucas Heights nuclear ...  
The ACCC and Liddell: Just opinion and no facts

AGL is filling the role abdicated by the Turnbull Government and the ACCC by recognising the ...  
The Monash Forum and energy policy: Making the most of the 30th Newspoll

The coal-worshipping Monash Forum is a rearguard guerrilla action against the incumbent Prime ...  
Abbott and Kelly's pro-coal 'Monash Forum' unlikely to burn brightly or long

The new Monash Forum wants to get the Government to build new coal-fired power stations. Manche ...  
NEG and renewables: AEMO says new energy market rules needed

The transition to renewables is being held back because Australia's outdated energy market rules ...  
EDITORIAL EXCERPT: Batman, Pyne, Cambridge A and an oily pair of Kochs

There were two elections last weekend, but only one is particularly pertinent to the forthcoming ...  
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EDITORIAL: Batman, Pyne, Cambridge and an oily pair of Kochs

There were two elections last weekend, but only one is particularly pertinent to the forthcoming ...  
Health implications of Coalition's energy policy

The Turnbull Government's NEG is causing deaths and illness, right now, in Australia and global ...  
Stopping Adani’s dirty mine: Our politicians’ love affair with fossil fuels

Senior editor Michelle Pini reports on recent developments in the fight to stop the Adani Carmi ...  
Is the Santos CSG waste water experiment safe?

A Santos CSG waste water experiment near Narrabri has gone ahead despite limited assurances as to ...  
How Barnaby Joyce contaminates my drinking water

Joyce is under pressure to resign over his extra-marital affair but what of his hand in the ...  
Adding fuel to the Pilliga Forest fire

As climate change adds intensity to bushfires, Santos intends to increase its methane-emitting gas ...  

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