Energy Projects Pushing Climate Change Past ‘The Point Of No Return’
A number of carbon-intensive energy projects around the world are in danger of pushing the world past ‘the point of no return’ according to a new report released by Greenpeace international.The 14...
View ArticleCost Of Not Using Renewable Energy at $9 Billion Per Day, Study Claims
In an unprecedented study, the World Future Council conservatively estimates that the future usage loss resulting from current oil, gas and coal consumption is between $US 3.2 and 3.4 trillion per...
View ArticleFederal Government Greenlights Controversial Coal and Gas Projects in NSW
Anti-coal activists Murray Drechsler and Jonathan Moylan are setting up for a long campaign against three planned mines and mine expansions in the Leard State Forest.A raft of major coal and coal seam...
View ArticleBHP Ditches Leighton at Peak Downs to Slash Costs
Peak Downs Mine.Image Source: Leighton ContractorsDiversified mining giant BHP Billiton has terminated its contract with mining services provider Leighton well ahead of schedule as part of efforts to...
View ArticleCanadian Province to Become First to Abolish Coal Power
Ontario Coal Plant. Image Source: Scientific AmericanThe Canadian province of Ontario is set to become the first industrial region in North America to completely phase out coal-fueled power...
View ArticleGE Develops New Clean Coal Innovation
Photograph Credit: Robert Nickelsberg/Getty ImagesGeneral Electric’s energy unit has devised a new technology which could slash emission levels from coal-fuelled power plants.The new air filtration...
View ArticleAustralian Coal Investments Imperilled by Climate Change
Copious investment in Australian coal resources faces major risk in the form of stricter climate change policies and global efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions.According to a new report by the...
View ArticleCoal Mining Protestors Scale Flinders Street Railway Station
A group of anti-coal protestors in Melbourne scaled the city’s Flinders Street railway station over the weekend to unfurl a huge banner calling for the abolition of coal mining in Australia.The...
View ArticleAnother Big Construction Project Cancelled
Yet another significant dollar value resource construction project in Australia has been cancelled, fuelling further fears of an imminent end to the boom in mining and energy construction.Earlier this...
View ArticleStricter Chinese Standards Could Favour Aussie Coal
Plans by the Chinese government to lift standards for coal imports could provide a much-needed boost to the Australian resources sector, which produces thermal coal of a higher quality than its...
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