Energy
India uranium exports red-light a test for Government

A range of experts suggest the uranium agreement with India weakens many Australian safeguards and ...  
Abbott and Dutton's jokes about rising sea levels do matter — despite what Murdoch’s minions may say

Former Labor premier and newly minted Tory pundit Peter Beattie says Twitter should be happy Peter ...  
Oil prices slide as Obama lets Shell drill in the Arctic

As the giant Shell oil company begins highly controversial and risky exploration drilling in the ...  
The Darling Downs coal seam gas bomb

Will this be the year the Darling Downs coal seam gas bomb goes up? Lachlan Barker reports.  
After the spill: Montara’s murky shadow lingers six years on

Six years ago, in the Timor Sea, one of the worst oil spills in Australian history occurred. Emily ...  
Renewables now second only to coal in generating the world's electricity

Wind, solar and other renewable sources of clean energy are now second only to coal in generating ...  
A very good THAWT: UK company turns tidal power into reality

Innovative turbines designed in the UK aim to harness tidal energy to produce cheaper electricity ...  
Norway aims to become the 'green battery of Europe'

Ingenious hydraulic engineers in Norway aim to use surplus power from wind and sun to create a ...  
Will Bill Shorten understand the energy consumer must be king?

By 2030, it will be pretty clear that new-build wind and solar energy will win the technology ...  
Tony Abbott and his mates' new path of climate change obstruction

Tony Abbott and opponents of action on climate change have determined a new path of obstruction ...  
Labor veers towards the nuclear option

The SA Nuclear Royal Commission, the ALP's postponement of its National Conference nuclear debate ...  
Bravo Australia! Abbott Government gets big tick from U.S. climate change deniers

Happy days for the Abbott Government, as it gets the thumbs up for its untiring efforts promoting ...  
Tony's Abbott COALition war on wind and solar will never stop

The Coalition's nobbling of the Clean Energy Finance Corporation is the latest in a long series of ...  
Submission Impossible: SA Royal Commission into nuclear fuel cycle

The SA Royal Commission into the nuclear fuel cycle is calling for submissions but the mechanics ...  
OECD: Coal investment is most urgent climate threat

The head of the OECD says wealthy countries should help poorer nations that cannot afford to ...  
Financial disaster looms for Shenhua coal mine

Anyone who has their economic wits about them and cares about the environment, can see that the ...  
2014 a record-breaking year for renewables — except Australia of course

The latest REPN report shows renewable energy is now indisputably the world's new economic powe ...  
More wind research useless if experts are told what to find

Continued calls for yet more research into wind energy by the Abbott Government appears to be ...  

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