Energy
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The federal environment minister, Greg Hunt, confirms harbour had not been considered in the environmental impact statement for the terminal expansion
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Federal environment minister gives green light for dredging and disposal of spoil to create one of the world’s largest coal ports, which would be linked to the proposed $16bn Carmichael coalmine
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Editorial: The museum has a key role to play in public education. But that doesn’t just happen in the galleries and exhibition spaces
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As the state’s solar industry booms, the growth of clean energy has stirred skepticism in the tiny rural town of Woodland, population 800
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While much of the country takes a break, there are people working hard behind the scenes to keep the lights on, the traffic moving and the streets safe
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Editorial: China is finally responding to the challenge posed by pollution, but there’s a long way to go
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Letters: Tackling climate change isn’t a cost to bear but an opportunity to rework our economy so that it creates jobs people can build a life on
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Letters: This large forgotten army died working for the wealth of this country and left behind them weeping wives and children
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Taken during the miners’ strike, this picture of the Handy family came to signify the era. But what happened to them? As the last deep mine in Britain closes, Richard Benson finds out
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Miners at the UK’s last remaining deep coal pit speak after working their final shifts ahead of its closure in North Yorkshire on Friday
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Mining is dangerous, arduous work but people doing this job love it. Now, as one union rep says, the industry has ‘thrown them on the scrapheap’
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The Conservative government didn’t have faith in CCS and ditched a £1bn plan, but at a lab in Imperial College London, Aniruddha Sharma believes his team has hit upon a chemical that could make decarbonising fossil fuels affordable
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From safety lamps and record demand to miners’ strikes, we chart the rise and demise of King Coal in the UK
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Innovations in renewables Solar energy: Australia is not an innovation nation, it's an inertia nation
Danny KennedyThis is a historic opportunity for ideas and entrepreneurs, but only if they get support and infrastructructure, says Sungevity entrepreneur -
Australian company races to be first to develop perovskite solar and make technology available for more businesses
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Editorial: The end of deep mines marks the end of a long era when trade unions played an important role not just in industry but politics too
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As demand for renewable energy grows, the UK’s last deep coal mine closes down after operating for 50 years
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Labour and Lib Dem accuse government of sneaking plans through ‘back door’ after giving no time for Commons debate
New clean energy investment mandate a shift from policy proposed by Abbott