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AGL quits coal seam gas, to focus on “energy evolution”
AGL cites low oil and gas prices for sudden exit from gas exploration and production, and all its coal seam gas assets. Environmentalists hail major victory, as AGL says it wants to focus on "energy...
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What we’re reading: NSW Energy Minister labels anti-CSG farmers “eco-fascists”
Oregon becomes 1st US state to legislate to eliminate coal power use by 2025; while NSW introduces new measures against CSG protesters, which it dubs "eco-fascists." The post What we’re reading: NSW...
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Not dead yet: Miners want to “gasify” closed brown coal mine in SA
As SA nears 50% renewables, one company plans to "gasify" reserves of closed Leigh Creek coal mine, in hopes of building "baseload" gas plant. The post Not dead yet: Miners want to “gasify” closed...
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Energy minister right on renewables and climate, wrong on gas
Josh Frydenberg's apparent shift in thinking on renewables is welcome, but his call to end moratoriums on unconventional gas is profoundly out of step. The post Energy minister right on renewables and...
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Andrews government bans coal-seam gas ‘fracking’ in Victoria
One week after energy ministers met to consider opening up Australia's gas market, Victoria Labor announces permanent legislative ban on coal-seam gas fracking. The post Andrews government bans...
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Australia’s new carbon bomb: uncounted coal seam gas emissions
Report warns Australia's vastly underestimated CSG emissions – potentially equal to entire transport sector – would make Paris targets impossible to meet. The post Australia’s new carbon bomb:...
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The Bentley Effect: Why community energy will power our future
The extraordinary resistance to coal seam gas in NSW documented by The Bentley Effect underlines the power of community energy, and delivers a warning to politicians and big business about their energy...
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Why Narrabri should choose wind, solar over CSG
Report finds Narrabri has “enormous potential” for renewables, with scope for between 1GW and 4.5GW of large-scale solar and wind, that would create 500-2,600 permanent local jobs. The post Why...
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Labor accused of refashioning NAIF into gas fuelled “carbon disaster”
Federal Labor’s pledge to spend up to $1.5bn unlocking gas supply in Queensland and NT angers green groups, blurs lines between the party's apparently climate-forward policies and those of the...
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Narrabri CSG project damned as “fairy-tale” that won’t cut gas prices
Wilderness Society releases damning economic assessment of Narrabri CSG project that suggests it will do little to address the Australian gas price crisis The post Narrabri CSG project damned as...
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