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.
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.
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.
The head of the United Nations says fossil fuel companies – “the godfathers of climate chaos” – must be stopped from shameless greenwashing.
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.
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.
As news of the deal to prolong the life of the Eraring power station broke,state governments lined up to oppose nuclear energy.
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.
ExxonMobil says it will recycle and repurpose 95 per cent of the material from offshore oil and gas platforms,but the plan has fishers and environmentalists worried.
The company’s credibility will be put to the test this month when backers have their say on its emissions plan and the future of chairman Richard Goyder.
A pipeline linking two oil platforms is being investigated as the source of a suspected hydrocarbon spill in Bass Strait.