The solution to Australia’s gas crisis is not more gas
South Australia’s recent electricity price spike has seen calls for more gas. But Australia already has plenty.
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Government’s oil and gas tax response will leave regional communities at a loss
Local communities are likely to be dissatisfied with the report from the PRRT review because its recommendations only apply to future projects and won’t herald any changes in the budget.
Two new books show there’s still no goodbye to messy climate politics
What future the Great Barrier Reef? What future energy policy? Two new publications on the ongoing battles of climate politics deserve close attention.
Dragging coal through the courts: an alternative emissions‑reduction strategy
The bill creating the carbon price has passed through Parliament. However, the campaigning efforts of the environmental lobby will not pause. More than ever, the coal industry is in its sights, with court…
Australian LNG in the shadow of a global gas showdown
The US$400 billion gas deal signed between Russia’s giant state-owned corporation Gazprom and China last week is 16 times larger than its predessor in the supply of gas to China - a US$25 billion LNG project…
The pitfalls of using renewable energy as a political football
Federal industry minister Ian Macfarlane has finally revealed his opening gambit on negotiations on the future of the Renewable Energy Target (RET). He and environment minister Greg Hunt have pledged to…
Woodside’s bid to expand a huge gas project is testing both major parties’ environmental credentials
Opposition leader Peter Dutton says a Coalition government would push for approval of the huge project, which would release billions of tonnes of greenhouse gases.
Commonwealth and Queensland face off over coal and Great Barrier Reef
The halt in the Alpha Coal Project approval process shows the Commonwealth is taking very seriously UNESCO’s recent report threatening downgrading the status of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area…
5 big environment stories you probably missed while you’ve been watching coronavirus
We might need to ignore climate change right now if only to save our sanity, but it certainly hasn’t been ignoring us.
Natural gas: expect price to rise as market expands
Many are concerned with the price of natural gas. Natural gas is an important part of Australia’s overall energy mix; it represents roughly a quarter of all primary energy sources consumed. And, as we…
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