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Watch out resource investors — carbon bubble set to pop

Watch out resource investors — carbon bubble set to pop

Tweet A new report says most fossil fuels must stay in the ground if the world’s to meet its carbon targets — something you probably never heard from the resource companies you invested your super with. Guy Lane reports. Is the fossil...

 

Class action to end polluter handouts

Class action to end polluter handouts

Tweet It’s not every day that a bunch of school kids challenge Australia’s big polluters about their claim that fossil fuels are good for people and the economy, says Environment Victoria. read more »

 

Renewables can do 24-hour base load anywhere, anytime

Renewables can do 24-hour base load anywhere, anytime

Tweet The University of NSW has exploded the myth that renewables can’t do 24-hour base load. Dr Mark Diesendorf reports. Clean, renewable energy. read more »

 

Beyond Kyoto: The future of coal

Beyond Kyoto: The future of coal

Tweet What does moving to a low carbon economy mean for the future of coal-generated power? Environmental lawyer and scientist Dr Ted Christie considers this crucial question. THE KYOTO PROTOCOL was adopted in 1997 as a global approach for...

 

Kimberley’s gas hub to become industrial wasteland – Greens

Kimberley’s gas hub to become industrial wasteland – Greens

Tweet The Greens’ candidate for the Kimberley, Chris Maher, says that we should be investing in the Kimberley’s environmental and cultural economic assets, not in the creation of an industrial wasteland in one of the great regions of...

 

Getting down and dirty on CSG in NSW

Getting down and dirty on CSG in NSW

Tweet The revolving door culture of self-interest on both sides of NSW politics, means it is difficult to distinguish between government, lobbyists and the CSG industry. Another eye-opening Sandi Keane investigation. Eddie Obeid and Chris Hartcher:...

 

Australia’s CSG industry — no longer such a gas

Australia’s CSG industry — no longer such a gas

Tweet Australia’s controversial coal seam gas industry faces a deeply uncertain future. Environment editor Sandi Keane provides the full picture. (Image courtesy SBS) RISING GAS PRICES, the pitched battle over CSG between farmers and...

 

Hoaxer Moylan and joining the dots on global warming

Hoaxer Moylan and joining the dots on global warming

Tweet It is coal miners not hoaxers like Jonathan Moylan who are costing us the Earth, says Doug Evans. He says it’s time for us to connect the dots between climate change and extreme weather events. WITH CLIMATE CHANGE blogging, sometimes...

 

Sneaky Santos caught out in CSG con

Sneaky Santos caught out in CSG con

Tweet Energy giant Santos’ quest to win the hearts and minds of NSW farming communities about coal seam gas has backfired after one of its TV ads has been exposed as a con, writes environment editor Sandi Keane. NOTE: Santos appears to have...

 

Lizard’s Revenge (Part 2): Roxby Downs and the call to the desert

Lizard’s Revenge (Part 2): Roxby Downs and the call to the desert

Tweet The Lizard’s Revenge Festival had the primary aim of shutting down BHP Billiton’s Olympic Dam uranium mine through awareness raising and education, while also showcasing the use of renewable clean energy technology, writes Ruth...

 
 
 
 

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