A gas company is celebrating a ‘vindicating’ victory after a Territory court rejected the threat of ‘unsustainable greenhouse gas emissions’ as a relevant environmental risk for a Beetaloo fracking project.
Territory Traditional Owners fighting to expand Kakadu National Park have called out what they claim are ‘disrespectful’ comments by mining bosses and an anti-Voice campaigner.
As Territorians in Kakadu celebrated the end of a 40-year threat to their lands, a uranium mining company’s stock price plummeted, its deals fell apart and its leaders were left blindsided, according to court documents. Now the resources giant is seeking an appeal.
The controversial Middle Arm development is under greater scrutiny, with a new environmental report suggesting how the Territory could instead invest the $1.5bn project into clean energy, expanded ports and a major housing rollout.
Tax reform promises to lure miners to the NT, but critics warn Territorians will lose millions in royalties over the next 20 years.
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Kevin Gallagher, the head of SA’s biggest company, says demonising fossil fuels and energy producers will drive away investment and derail clean fuel initiatives.
Net-zero emissions policies don’t have to cost jobs – this Adelaide engineering firm is thriving thanks to an ambitious project hidden away in the desert.
Environmentalists and Traditional Owners are pushing for a moratorium on water extraction licences over concerns related to the Beetaloo Basin.
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With the government set to lock in Australia’s 2030 emissions target, the focus will now move from the 43 per cent figure, to how the cuts will actually be achieved.
But if the PM can’t get his side on the same page on his net zero target, then Bill Shorten can tell him what will happen next.
Labor’s Pat Conroy doesn’t regret “one iota” his comments about the impact of the party’s coal mine plan. It comes after the Coalition was allegedly caught “walking both sides of the street”.
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