Labor’s plan to host a world climate meeting would be meaningless without serious climate action,says former Kiribati president Anote Tong.
The President of Turkmenistan is calling for an end to one of the country’s most notable but infernal sights.
A website purporting to represent people from the Northern Territory who support fracking was registered by a former Liberal staffer in Sydney.
Deputy Premier Roger Cook talks of a “green energy vision” for WA while his department tries to unlock the Kimberley for more gas exploration by allowing gas to be exported.
The biggest threat to Victoria’s electricity supply this summer will be the risk of significant flooding at Yallourn power station,says Australia’s Energy Market Operator.
Large swaths of some of the state’s best farmland could be opened up for coal seam gas development,resulting in the extraction of many gigalitres of groundwater.
Environment Minister Matt Kean has his work cut out if he gets only tepid support from colleagues.
The Berejiklian government has defended its decision to approve the choice of advisers by Santos for its $3 billion Narrabri coal seam gas project,rejecting critics who say their industry links raised doubts about their independence.
Farmers and the gas industry have objected to plans by the Berejiklian government to reduce the areas where coal gas exploration can proceed,with one saying it’s a betrayal of promises and the other warning consumers will have to pay for any restriction on new supplies of the fossil fuel.
The Berejiklian government has been accused of dodging questions about the future of so-called zombie exploration licences by failing to appear before an upper house inquiry looking into such permits.
The split over future gas developments in the Northern Territory is a new sign of disunity on climate change and whether Australia should phase out fossil fuel.