Energy
Abbot Point (Part Three): Stopping Hunt dumping on the Reef

In the final part of his three part series, Lachlan Barker looks at why Greg Hunt is so keen to ...  
'Bad value' UK nuclear subsidy deal ‘will kill renewables’

The UK’s anti-competitive plan to subsidise nuclear power may be the final straw that breaks the ...  
Dumping on the Reef: The Abbot Point disaster (Part Two)

With the decline of coal, the Abbot Pt redevelopment, which is set to add a layer of sludge to the ...  
Big Gas and its political lackeys: Attacking Australians' rights

While the Abbott Government defends the rights of racists and bigots, the gas industry is given ...  
Identifying APPEA's CSG lies and exaggerations

The CSG industry is campaigning to persuade convince the public and policy makers that CSG is safe ...  
The Liberal Party's nuclear dreams: The strange case of Dr John White and Ignite

Why were Ignite Energy so desparate to dissociate their director Dr John White from both the ...  
NSW Government forces Origin to spread anti-carbon price propaganda

Last week, Origin Energy made the mistake of sending some propaganda to IA reporter Lachlan Barker ...  
Morwell fire uncovers coal's hidden costs

The Morwell open-cut coal mine fire means that any further talk of coal being the cheapest prac ...  
NHMRC review finds no evidence for wind turbine syndrome

A review of wind farms by Australia's leading health research body has concluded there is no ...  
Lock the gates and take to the streets for climate change justice

The time has come for civil disobedience in the face of our captured political system, says Mike ...  
Duckweed raises hopes for cheap abundant biofuel

A plant famed for the rapidity of its growth and its ability to thrive almost anywhere has raised ...  
Nuclear waste gets expensive

When countries embrace nuclear power to combat climate change the problem of disposing of the ...  
Plans for South Australia to be world’s nuclear waste dump

As the public outrage over the Fukushima nuclear meltdown dies down, nuclear industry proponents ...  
Carbon output 'will climb 29% by 2035'

Climate scientists agree that global carbon dioxide emissions need to be sharply cut, however one ...  
Chinese pollution problems threaten Australian coal exports

Australia has been growing rich from exporting coal and other resources to China but, according to ...  
Hydrogen fuel dream moves closer

French scientists have discovered a way to make hydrogen quickly and easily, providing hope for a ...  
A four degrees warmer Australia: Hot not sexy

While our volunteer firefighter PM hoses down discussion about the obvious link between climate ...  
Fukushima cancer spike and nuclear industry denial

There’s been a spike of thyroid cancer cases in the Fukushima, like there was in Chernobyl after ...