‘The sun doesn’t send a bill,’ says Chris Bowen,but will there be blackouts this summer?

‘The sun doesn’t send a bill,’ says Chris Bowen,but will there be blackouts this summer?

The federal minister for energy and climate change explains why the government’s on track to deliver cleaner energy for Australia – and why the opposition’s plans are a recipe for disaster.

  • byPeter FitzSimons

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Directorship cloud over failed mining group involving financier Simon Raftery

Directorship cloud over failed mining group involving financier Simon Raftery

An administrator’s report on the group that ran the Wilkie Creek coal mine details the possible involvement of shadow directors in the company’s operation.

  • byAnne Hyland
Revealed:Sharpe signed off on rewrite that helped keep Eraring power station open
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Revealed:Sharpe signed off on rewrite that helped keep Eraring power station open

Just months before it announced the deal to extend the life of Eraring,the NSW government asked the electricity grid operator to undertake more conservative modelling.

  • byMax Maddison
Coal is cash,but not even activists wanted Glencore to exit its dirty business
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Coal is cash,but not even activists wanted Glencore to exit its dirty business

Glencore has scrapped plans to spin off its coal business,with an unlikely coalition of investors and activists all opposed to the plan.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz
Glencore dumps plan to quit coal as investor demands shift

Glencore dumps plan to quit coal as investor demands shift

Australia’s biggest coal exporter says more than two-thirds of its shareholders want the company to hold on to its coal mines.

  • byNick Toscano
Nation’s biggest power plant burns most coal since 2019

Nation’s biggest power plant burns most coal since 2019

The Eraring power station’s coal output has hit a five-year-high,highlighting the difficulties of weaning the grid off the polluting fossil fuel.

  • byNick Toscano
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The mining giant ignoring the climate wars

The mining giant ignoring the climate wars

BHP is reducing emissions by buying renewable energy,electrifying its diesel-guzzling fleet of mining vehicles and cutting fugitive coal mine methane emissions.

  • bySimon Johanson
‘Largest coal mining proposal’ in state’s history floated for NSW

‘Largest coal mining proposal’ in state’s history floated for NSW

The Environment Protection Authority has warned that the rest of the NSW economy would have to make steeper cuts to greenhouse gas emissions to compensate if the proposal to continue Hunter Valley Operations goes ahead in its current form.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Threat of legal action as billionaire attempts to surrender Russian coal play

Threat of legal action as billionaire attempts to surrender Russian coal play

Tigers Realm shareholders,including billionaire Paul Little,are set to approve the sale of its Russian coal mines but a sanctions complication looms.

  • byColin Kruger
Even before Eraring was extended,NSW was set to miss climate targets

Even before Eraring was extended,NSW was set to miss climate targets

The state is forecast to fall short of legislated targets to reduce greenhouse emissions by 50 per cent by 2030 and 70 per cent by 2035. What can be done to get back on track?

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
Origin boss backs Eraring to stop blackouts as states go nuclear on Dutton plan

Origin boss backs Eraring to stop blackouts as states go nuclear on Dutton plan

As news of the deal to prolong the life of the Eraring power station broke,state governments lined up to oppose nuclear energy.

  • byNick Toscano andMike Foley