Mike Foley
Mike Foley is the climate and energy correspondent for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.
Analysis
Nuclear energy
Nuclear debate is getting heated, but whose energy plan stacks up?
Will the government’s renewables plan cost $1 trillion? Is nuclear energy cheaper? Can a reactor be up and running by 2037? We answer the nuclear debate’s biggest questions.
- by Mike Foley
Latest
Former NSW treasurer Matt Kean to chair climate change body
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Kean, who was also an energy minister for the state’s former Coalition government, was uniquely qualified to lead the independent authority.
- by Olivia Ireland and Mike Foley
Dutton’s claim nuclear waste would be size of Coke can ‘hard to swallow’
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is spruiking the benefits of nuclear energy, but one of his claims has left a bad taste in experts’ mouths.
- by Mike Foley and Bianca Hall
Liberals, Nationals split over support for big wind and solar
Liberals insist they want more renewables while leading Nationals are calling for tougher rules on wind and solar projects to prepare the way for nuclear power plants.
- by David Crowe and Mike Foley
Dutton’s energy war spooks global investors
Major investors are already rethinking plans to keep ploughing billions of dollars into Australian renewable energy.
- by Nick Toscano, Mike Foley and Paul Sakkal
Exclusive
Nuclear energy
Cracks appear in Dutton’s nuclear plans as more details emerge about cheap power offer
The location of the Coalition’s proposed nuclear power plants have finally been unveiled, as well as key details about the offer to affected communities, and not everyone in the opposition is happy.
- by James Massola and Mike Foley
Analysis
Nuclear energy
‘Cheaper, cleaner, more consistent’: Do Dutton’s claims on nuclear stack up?
The opposition leader has promised a “bold, visionary” nuclear program that lowers energy prices. Here is a fact check of his major claims.
- by Mike Foley
Dutton reveals locations for seven nuclear power plants under Coalition plan
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has unveiled long-awaited detail of his pledge to build nuclear reactors in Australia, confirming he would build two nuclear plants by the middle of next decade.
- by Mike Foley
Exclusive
Nuclear energy
Coal companies rebuke Dutton as Coalition pushes on with nuclear plans
The opposition leader will announce the sites of proposed nuclear plants on Wednesday even as power companies warn against the economic impact of ditching the 2030 climate target.
- by Nick Toscano, Mike Foley, James Massola and Paul Sakkal
Exclusive
Nuclear energy
Dutton to ditch Paris Agreement: analysis reveals nuclear impact on emissions
Peter Dutton’s energy policy will blow Australia’s greenhouse gas budget and reignite Australia’s climate wars.
- by Mike Foley
Islands of hope: The fight to eradicate feral pests and save native wildlife
Australia’s wildlife is under threat from feral invaders on land and at sea, but some of the greatest gains are being made away from the mainland.
- by Mike Foley