A former local returns to the small NSW town of Muswellbrook,where he finds an expanded open-cut mining sector,a hollowed-out community and dust – everywhere.
Peter Dutton’s energy policy will blow Australia’s greenhouse gas budget and reignite Australia’s climate wars.
The COP28 president has addressed remarks he made suggesting there was no science to support the need to phase out fossil fuels to cap global warming.
The LNG giant’s boss Kevin Gallagher has said a decade of climate wars and energy policy failure have left Australia without affordable and reliable energy.
WorkSafe Commissioner Darren Kavanagh confirmed the incident occurred at Premier Coal’s mining operations near Collie August 16 this year.
The offences,not publicised until questions from Brisbane Times,present another branding challenge for an industry desperate to project an image of environmental wholesomeness.
While the new Labor government has enjoyed general support from the scientific community over its climate policy,pressure is increasing for more ambition.
The mayor of Narrabri stands to benefit from a potential contract to dispose of salt from a local coal seam gas project,amid concerns about the volume of waste to come from the controversial operation.
Queensland gas is a “natural ally” of renewables and will support the addition of more intermittent energy,Federal Resources Minister Madeleine King told a business audience in Brisbane on Thursday.
Australia has plenty of gas. So why are facing an energy crisis?
As the world struggles to access enough natural gas to keep prices down,scientists are turning on the energy source once embraced as safe and clean.