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QLD Coal Power: The Callide Curse Continues

Callide Power Station

Queensland-government owned CS Energy’s joint venture partner in the troubled coal-fired Callide C power plant has run into some troubles of its own. [Read more…]

Clive’s Central Queensland Coal Project Scuttled

Central Queensland Coal Project

Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek has definitively dashed Clive Palmer’s dream of digging another dirty great hole in Queensland to extract dirty fuel. [Read more…]

Coal Booster Ian Off Anna’s Xmas List

Ian Macfarlane - Coal

Annastacia Palaszczuk is keeping a list of who’s naughty or nice, and Queensland Resources Council’s Ian Macfarlane can expect a lump of coal in his stocking. He’d be completely fine with that. [Read more…]

Callide Coal Plant Crap Out Investigators Appointed

Callide Power Station

Independent investigators have been appointed to delve into the recent Callide Power Station faceplant. [Read more…]

Coal Power Connection In Australia’s “Most Polluted” Postcodes

Coal power air pollution - Australia

Tarong Power Station in 2021 | Image: DiamondIIIXX – CC BY-SA 4.0

Six of the ten Australian postcodes determined to have the highest levels of five dangerous air pollutants have something in common – coal power plants within their boundaries. [Read more…]

Coal Uses 100x More Mined Material Than Solar Per kWh Generated

Coal vs. solar power - mining materials

On Christmas Eve, on Twitter, DaveMySpace asked this question: [Read more…]

Germany Pulls Plug On Nuclear And Coal Power Plants

Nuclear power in Germany

Germany now has just three operational nuclear power stations left – and at the end of this year there will be none. [Read more…]

Coal, COVID And Canavan

Senator Matt Canavan - net zero emissions

This is not Senator Matt Canavan’s hand pried open.

As grim acceptance among the Coalition of having to lift their game on climate change grows, so too have the rumblings from some members about the prying of coal out of cold, dead hands. [Read more…]

Corporate “Greenwashers” Failing Renewables Test

Offset greenwashing and renewable energy

While many of Australia’s top emitting ASX200 companies have set carbon neutral targets, few have committed to switching to 100% renewable electricity says Greenpeace Australia Pacific. [Read more…]

Bylong Coal Mine Project Defeated A *Third* Time

KEPCO Bylong coal mine

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. KEPCO did just that and has failed yet again in its efforts to establish a coal mine in New South Wales’ Bylong Valley. [Read more…]

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