Fossil fuels
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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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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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In California’s Central Valley emissions from oil refineries and agriculture make Bakersfield America’s most air-polluted city. Activists fear the Trump administration could undo small but steady improvements
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Documents show prime minister knew the failure of Torrens Island plant affected efforts to restart power before he made comments about renewables
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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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Analysis shows spike in fossil fuel-dominated state’s wholesale spot price this year far eclipses that in SA in July 2016 which sparked calls for a national inquiry into renewable energy
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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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Federal government’s Clean Energy Finance Corporation says coal ‘seriously challenged’ as a commercial investment
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Letters: While it is good news for the environment that UK sales of electric cars are rising, this trend is unlikely to take off while we have such a disjointed policy regarding electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure
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In Australia-first move, private fund to pull $20m out of fossil fuel companies in acknowledgement climate change harms health
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While tribal leaders have urged activists to let the fight play out in the courts, many on the ground have called for a final push as pipeline moves ahead
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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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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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Is Malcolm Turnbull's priority really just keeping the lights on?
Kristina KeneallyIt seems Turnbull is basing his core political agenda for 2017 on a rare weather event. It’s a textbook definition of being buffeted by events rather than shaping them
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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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Land totaling the size of Connecticut has been targeted in a new bill in the Republican House, uniting hunters and conservationists in opposition
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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
Coalition says it may change Clean Energy Finance Corporation rules to fund coal plants