Coal seam gas
‘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.
- by Ryan Butta
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Nuclear energy
Dutton to ditch Paris Agreement: analysis reveals nuclear impact on emissions
Peter Dutton’s energy policy will blow Australia’s greenhouse gas budget and reignite Australia’s climate wars.
- by Mike Foley
COP28 boss says he was misinterpreted, fossil fuel phase out is ‘inevitable’
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.
- by Lucy Cormack
Santos blames government, activists and regulators for gas woes
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.
- by Peter Milne
Why a bulldozer crash in Collie left WA without its biggest power station
WorkSafe Commissioner Darren Kavanagh confirmed the incident occurred at Premier Coal’s mining operations near Collie August 16 this year.
- by Hamish Hastie
Origin Energy pleads guilty to releasing contaminated coal seam gas water
The offences, not publicised until questions from Brisbane Times, present another branding challenge for an industry desperate to project an image of environmental wholesomeness.
- by Zach Hope
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Paris Agreement
Scientists raise the heat on Labor over climate impacts of coal and gas
While the new Labor government has enjoyed general support from the scientific community over its climate policy, pressure is increasing for more ambition.
- by Nick O'Malley
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Mining
Santos salt of the earth could be revenue stream for Narrabri mayor
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.
- by Tim Barlass
Minister urges Queensland to open up more gas fields
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.
- by Marion Rae
Into thin air: Why is Australia facing a gas crisis?
Australia has plenty of gas. So why are facing an energy crisis?
- by Josh Gordon
How a household favourite sank from clean and green to public enemy No. 1
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.
- by Nick O'Malley
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