Coal
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The Minerals Council seems mostly intent on using its submission to electoral donations committee to kneecap environmental groups opposed to new mines
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Climate change threatens the financial system and companies should no longer view it as a future problem, regulator warns
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Report says mine sites may not be able to be successfully rehabilitated and warns of ‘big liabilities’
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Labor’s goal is to have 50% of electricity from renewables by 2030, but asked about the cost, he replies ‘there is a cost in not acting’
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Owner of proposed Carmichael coalmine say they’ll take ‘all steps available’ if supporters of Galilee Blockade obtain confidential information from company
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2GB radio host praises treasurer’s brandishing of a lump of coal in question time
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There’s a long list of blame and shame for Australia’s threadbare climate and energy policy, but Turnbull’s party takes the cake
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A small opportunity to avoid a frightening world has been tossed away by this government and the lobbyists and financiers that they answer to
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Scott Morrison brought a chunk of coal into the chamber, taunting Labor about its energy policies by saying: ‘This is coal, don’t be afraid.’ Barnaby Joyce gleefully juggled the coal before passing around to colleagues while Morrison spruiked its virtues to the chamber
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Federal funding for Adani project amounts to $683,060 a job, compared with $32,191 a worker in Queensland’s clean energy sector, 350.org says
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Wangan and Jagalingou demand company withdraw its application to register a land use agreement that has been thrown into doubt by a landmark WA case
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The evidence suggests the push for government help is an attempt to squeeze money out of unwise investments made at the end of the mining boom
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In Australia and the US, sound climate policy is being held hostage by vested interests
Michael Mann and Christopher WrightWe must shift away from a culture of politically motivated climate change denialism to an acceptance of the truly existential threat now facing humanity -
Letters: The Brent Spar campaign was entirely peaceful. And, far from accepting Shell could dump its oil tank at sea, we made them remove it
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Sid Marris leaves role as head of climate and environment at Minerals Council of Australia to take up job with PM’s office
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South Australia’s energy minister, Tom Koutsantonis, responds to the federal government’s push for clean coal generation as an energy source
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• Prime minister boosts conservatives’ calls for U-turn on green energy plan
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The biggest bank in Germany says all new investment will stop and existing exposure will be gradually reduced
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More than half of Liberal voters also oppose plan to loan Indian company $1bn to build a rail line between proposed Carmichael coalmine and Abbot Point
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Energy company and RenewableUK argue it is ‘counterproductive’ to spend bill-payers’ money on dirty technology
Topics
- Energy
- Fossil fuels
- Australian politics
- Climate change (Environment)
- Coalition
- Renewable energy
- Malcolm Turnbull
- Queensland
- Adani Group
- Greenhouse gas emissions
- Carmichael coalmine
- Mining (Business)
- Mining (Environment)
- Scott Morrison
- Labor party
- Liberal party
- Barnaby Joyce
- Climate change (Science)
- South Australia
- Scottish Power
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