Tony Abbott has arrived late and confused at an issue the Greens have been pursuing for years. Declaring you support both farmers and miners on these issues is merely going to make everyone unhappy.
Coal industry
Regurgitating rubbish facts on carbon price effects
It isn’t just dodgy industry claims about the carbon price that circulate through the media.
Parkinson: a green light for renewables
At a recent discussion in Sydney about the prospect of nuclear energy in this country, Martin Ferguson reflected that Australia may have no choice but to go nuclear if it was unable to find a clean energy alternative, writes Giles Parkinson.
Crikey Says: Brown buries the lede
Never let it be said that Bob Brown isn’t good at burying a lede. You don’t need to be a spin merchant to know that using terms like “culprits” and “coal barons” in the days after the floods is not a great idea.
Miners not interested in compromise: coal industry source
While there is speculation of a Government compromise on the RSPT, the mining industry has made clear it doesn’t want any deal, even on the most generous terms, according to a senior coal industry source.
Why Australia is more addicted to coal than tobacco
Today Kevin Rudd took on a powerful and hugely cashed-up lobby group — too bad it was the tobacco lobby and not the coal industry, says Tim Hollo.
Our love affair with coal: hotter than ever
Forget renewable energy or gas: our states are embracing coal-fired power more enthusiastically than ever before.
Coal power lobby mines new lows in late compo scramble
Foreign multinationals ramped up their rhetoric yesterday in a desperate attempt to scam further compensation from taxpayers under the CPRS for their coal-fired power generation assets.
CCS Institute comes clean on clean coal
In somewhat surprising and welcome candour, the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute’s latest report suggests that there is a low likelihood of CCS being economically viable before 2030 to 2040, writes Michael James.
Cabinet agrees to extend coal comp, but government tight lipped
The coal industry is expected to receive $1.5 b compensation for the ETS scheme. However, the government is still keeping quiet about probable job losses.
Testing the outcomes of Rudd’s clean coal pledge
Based on the best case scenarios when it comes to the full implementation of clean coal technology — let’s look at what the G8 leaders are applauding.
Why are CSIRO scientists spruiking for the coal industry?
Just when did it become normal for publicly-employed scientists to spruik for the coal industry? asks Clive Hamilton.
Cow farts: worse than all coal-fired power stations combined
It’s high time Kyoto’s methane factor mistake was fixed, argues Geoff Russell.
PODCAST: Robert F Kennedy Jr on coal
Bonnaroo is one of the coolest music festivals in the US so of course we expected there to be a resulting podcast with White House royalty and environmental lawyer Robert F Kennedy Jr.
What Australia can learn from the demise of GM
Australia is as dependent on coal as General Motors was on the gas-guzzling SUV. Will we learn from their example and do away with this relic of the old industrial revolution? asks Ben McNeil.
“Dirty energy” spends $79 million in lobbying
The US oil, gas, and electricity sectors spent $79 million lobbying Congress in the first quarter of 2009. The combined spending of clean energy companies was $14.4 million.
Powering Australia into the 19th century
The Continue Polluting Regardless Scheme, of course, is carefully designed to ensure that big industry does not have to do anything, writes Christine Milne.
Rudd surrenders to big polluters
In a lunchtime announcement today, Prime Minister Rudd revealed the Emissions Trading Scheme will be delayed… until 2011.
Scientists speak out: coal-fired power stations are responsible for global warming
Professor David Karoly and six other leading climate scientists have written a letter to the owners of every coal-fired power station in Australia.
The destruction of Australia’s most productive food bowl
Australia’s most productive agricultural region, the Liverpool Plains in North-West NSW, is under siege from BHP Billiton and coal and gas companies, writes Rosemary Nankivell.
Australian Coal Association: climate change is happening and fast
Those convinced climate change is some left-wing scam would do well to click over to what our biggest polluting industries are saying, writes Bernard Keane.
NSW hard left drops Macca for President Primrose
The NSW “hard left” caucus has dumped Ian Macdonald, writes Alex Mitchell
China’s mining giant gets ready to strike it lucky in NSW
China’s biggest coalmining company, Shenhua Group Corporation Ltd, has booked itself a profitable place with the Iemma Government. It is the front-runner to take the gold medal in two contests. Alex Mitchell explains.
Greenpeace: coal exports undermine Rudd climate case
How can the PM claim to be serious about carbon emissions while boosting our exports of coal, asks Greenpeace campaigner Emma Pittaway?
