Energy
Papering the cracks: Australia’s dangerous uranium deal with India

Thanks to new legislation, Australian uranium mining corporations are now free to be irresponsible ...  
On shaky ground: Australian uranium and Fukushima

'There is a clear chain of consequence from a failed nuclear facility [in Japan] to the back of a ...  
Smart fabric creates renewable energy

Scientists have developed a revolutionary fabric that can harvest electrical energy from the ...  
Turnbull's continuing support for fossil fuels imperils us all

 The Turnbull government’s continuing support for fossil fuels imperils us all abandoning all ...  
Irony of attack on green groups' 'foreign aid' escapes foreign-owned rag

Foreign-owned rag, The Australian, is outraged by foreign influence of environment groups fighting ...  
Re-Powering NSW 2016 Conference: As long as it is coal, gas and nuclear

Lachlan Barker reports on the fossil-fuel-driven agenda of the NSW conference, Re-Powering NSW ...  
Plebiscites, climate science denial and other Coalition diversions

John Quiggin discusses the Turnbull Government's regressive stance on reforms and the overarching ...  
Drayton South mine will exceed air quality limits and must be rejected

Anglo American's proposed Drayton mine is based on inadequate estimates and must be denied, writes ...  
Queensland fast tracks 'reckless' and 'indefensible' Carmichael coal mine

Against all advice to the contrary, Queensland is fast tracking the 'indefensible' Carmichael coal ...  
SA blackout: The 'renewables and Labor did it' tale

John Passant discusses the absurdity of the Turnbull Government's claims that the SA blackouts ...  
Coalition launches rubbish attack on wind and solar after SA blackout

Coalition claptrap back on agenda: coal-fired power causes global warming which causes extreme ...  
SA blackout: Australia storms Right into the dark over renewables

A host of conservative politicians, including PM Turnbull, have opportunistically used the South ...  
Finland's false hope for Australia's nuclear future

Premier Weatherill is using Finland's nuclear waste dump model as a benchmark for Australia but ...  
Despite Baird's continued denial, coal seam gas is finished in NSW

Lachlan Barker discusses why coal seam gas (CSG) is no longer a viable energy option, both from an ...  
Don’t butcher ARENA: Industry leaders sign open letter to Parliament

Industry leaders have signed an open letter calling on parliamentarians to reject the Turnbull ...  
New reseach: Countries going nuclear slower at reducing carbon emissions

Governments that reject nuclear power are speeding up action on reducing carbon emissions and the ...  
Back on the radar: Developing nuclear reactors along with storing nuclear waste

South Australia's plan to store the world's radioactive waste also provides the necessary ...  
Australia's biggest emitters say Coalition's Direct Action is ineffective

A new Swinburne University study has found that the Coalition's 'Direct Action' plan has not ...  

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