Coal
‘Savage blow’: Coal companies hit back over banks’ flight from fossil fuels
Coal companies are fighting back against banks that are refusing to lend to them in a battle for the future of the economy.
- by Anne Hyland
Latest
Yallourn exit ratchets up risk of future blackouts in Victoria, SA
The early closure of the Yallourn coal-fired power plant has forced authorities to declare a heightened threat of blackouts in Victoria and South Australia in less than 10 years.
- by Nick Toscano
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Corporate reporting
‘Big mountain to climb’: Macquarie chief says Australia behind on EV transition
Chief executive Shemara Wikramanayake called on industries with large transportation fleets, such as the mining sector, to convert to electric vehicles.
- by Charlotte Grieve
Hunter coal miners don’t have enough funds for land rehabilitation
A report by the Australia Institute has found filling in the region’s 23 mine voids would cost between $11.5 billion and $25.3 billion.
- by Peter Hannam
Editorial
Emissions
Victoria has every reason to aim higher in tackling climate change
The Andrews government is looking to marry existing trends in technology with targeted incentives. Yet there remains a case for even greater ambition.
- The Age's View
Opinion
Renewables
Here comes the sun: The wind and solar boom is here
The sun, the air and the chemistry to bottle their limitless power — it’s looking more and more as if these constitute the world’s next great technological advance, a leap as life-changing for many of us as was aviation and the internet.
- by Farhad Manjoo
‘The New Katoomba’: MPs join push for protection of ‘lost city’
Four members of the Parliamentary Friends of Nature this week toured an area north-east of Lithgow where conservation groups have been campaigning to become a state conservation area.
- by Peter Hannam
Fastest change in the world: coal’s demise sparks call for energy market reforms
The future of coal power is being buried under the rise of cheaper renewables and the Commonwealth’s energy adviser says urgent reform is needed for the transition.
- by Mike Foley
Farmers demand future coal and gas mine ban after Shenhua buyout
The Berejiklian government has announced that it’s paying $100 million for a Chinese company to exit its coal mine lease on the Liverpool Plains.
- by Peter Hannam
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Shenhua International
Shenhua set to walk away from Watermark coal mine with taxpayer payout
The Berejiklian government plans to buy out the remaining licence for a proposed coal mine planned for rich farmland on the Liverpool Plains, ending a 13-year-long saga.
- by Peter Hannam
Call for pantomime of coal politics to end in Upper Hunter
There is much at stake at the Upper Hunter May 22 byelection with locals wanting “real talk” about what to do once coal is no longer king.
- by Peter Hannam