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Pacific Hydro's wind farm will be financed without a big power retailer involved. Is this the future or just a last hurrah for the Clean Energy Finance Corporation?

Clean energy providers bypassing the big power retailers

Pacific Hydro's wind farm will be financed without a big power retailer involved. Is this the future or just a last hurrah for the Clean Energy Finance Corporation?

Tony Abbott is right to cap his worthless Direct Action plan on carbon emissions. If only he'd go further and dump it altogether, writes our man in Canberra.

Direct Action a gross waste, and Abbott's right to cap its funding

Tony Abbott is right to cap his worthless Direct Action plan on carbon emissions. If only he'd go further and dump it altogether, writes our man in Canberra.

Plans for a gas hub at James Price Point have hit another snag. What's the big deal about James Price Point anyway? Former native title lawyer and Perth writer <b>Sarah Burnside</b> explains.

Crikey Clarifier: behind the James Price Point decision

Plans for a gas hub at James Price Point have hit another snag. What's the big deal about James Price Point anyway? Former native title lawyer and Perth writer Sarah Burnside explains.

There is a new threat to the Great Barrier Reef in the form of shipping and nearby mining, writes local journalist <b>John Mikkelsen</b>. Will anyone except the Greens talk about it?

Battle for the reef rages below the poll surface

There is a new threat to the Great Barrier Reef in the form of shipping and nearby mining, writes local journalist John Mikkelsen. Will anyone except the Greens talk about it?

New research suggests a $4 billion cost blow-out is on the cards for Direct Action -- and that's being conservative. So why is the Coalition so confident the experts are wrong?

The Coalition's $4 billion climate budget blow-out

New research suggests a $4 billion cost blow-out is on the cards for Direct Action -- and that's being conservative. So why is the Coalition so confident the experts are wrong?

Something unusual is going on with the sun. It should be at the peak of an 11-year-long solar cycle, but it is staying cool. <b>Ben Sandilands</b> explores what this means for us Earthlings.

Cold day on the sun

Something unusual is going on with the sun. It should be at the peak of an 11-year-long solar cycle, but it is staying cool. Ben Sandilands explores what this means for us Earthlings.

The report on the Gladstone harbour development is in its final stages but has been delayed. But local journalist <b>John Mikkelsen</b> reports the delay was not politically motivated.

Nothing fishy about delayed Great Barrier Reef impact report

The report on the Gladstone harbour development is in its final stages but has been delayed. But local journalist John Mikkelsen reports the delay was not politically motivated.

Legal tempers are fraying as Australia takes on Japanese whaling in the International Court of Justice in the Netherlands. <b>Priya de Langen</b>, a freelance writer based in The Hague, sat in the courthouse for <em>Crikey</em>.

Having a whale of a time at the ICJ, where diplomacy gets mean

Legal tempers are fraying as Australia takes on Japanese whaling in the International Court of Justice in the Netherlands. Priya de Langen, a freelance writer based in The Hague, sat in the courthouse for Crikey.

Kevin Rudd has declared he has 'terminated the carbon tax' by moving to an ETS a year early, with a $3.8 billion price tag. Here's how he'll pay for his promise.

Carbonised: Rudd terminates the tax that never was

Kevin Rudd has declared he has 'terminated the carbon tax' by moving to an ETS a year early, with a $3.8 billion price tag. Here's how he'll pay for his promise.