Can the Voices model help communities fight off nuclear reactors?

Can the Voices model help communities fight off nuclear reactors?

Coal communities across the country – facing the loss of industry,jobs and the social fabric that binds them together – are poised to transition from the coal that built their histories.

  • byBianca Hall andMike Foley

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Australia exports gas. Are we going to import it too?

Australia exports gas. Are we going to import it too?

Experts say time has run out to develop new sources of supply to avert crippling shortages on the east coast.

  • byMike Foley andNick Toscano
This European city is missing a service common in Australia - and we don’t miss it

This European city is missing a service common in Australia - and we don’t miss it

At first,we thought the apps must have crashed. But within days,we realised it was something else entirely:there are no rideshare platforms in Denmark.

  • byCaroline Zielinski
The truth about Australia’s race to roll out renewables
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The truth about Australia’s race to roll out renewables

New figures heighten the dispute over energy policy after Opposition Leader Peter Dutton revealed this week he would not set a target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.

  • byDavid Crowe
NAB shareholder takes bank to court in a bid to secure confidential papers

NAB shareholder takes bank to court in a bid to secure confidential papers

Diana Beere is fighting the bank in court to ensure it is true to its word on investing in coal mining before she passes her shares on to her descendants.

  • byMillie Muroi
‘Do you vacuum your lampshades?’ It was an idyllic town. Now it’s cursed by coal dust

‘Do you vacuum your lampshades?’ It was an idyllic town. Now it’s cursed by coal dust

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.

  • byRyan Butta
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UN chief wants tobacco-style ban on fossil fuel advertising

UN chief wants tobacco-style ban on fossil fuel advertising

The head of the United Nations says fossil fuel companies – “the godfathers of climate chaos” – must be stopped from shameless greenwashing.

  • byMike Foley
‘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
Australian voters back plans to keep gas on tap

Australian voters back plans to keep gas on tap

The poll found that 75 per cent of voters supported a domestic gas reservation policy to ensure a steady supply of gas to households and businesses.

  • byJames Massola
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
It’s not easy being green for UK and European oil giants
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Energy

It’s not easy being green for UK and European oil giants

The oil super majors are eyeing shifting their primary stock exchange listings to New York as a stronger push to reduce fossil fuels in their home markets weighs on their share prices.

  • byStephen Bartholomeusz