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A small parcel of CSG-rich Queensland has been set aside to produce gas for Australia only.
Trump stumps up on coal claims
President Donald Trump has allowed controversial oil pipelines to move ahead, while gagging EPA workers.
Hazelwood costs explode
The decommissioning, remediation and rehabilitation of the Hazelwood power station site will cost at least $743 million.
New Hope seals old coal deal
New Hope Group has secured federal approval for its $900 million New Acland coal mine expansion.
SA power link slows
Investigations into South Australia’s big September blackout have slowed progress on the Victorian interconnector.
Victoria lines up drone drive
Victoria’s EPA expects specialist drone pilots to take long flights in the name of the environment.
Big deal to keep Alcoa alive
Victoria’s Alcoa aluminium smelter will be propped up by a big federal and state government funding package.
Tassie school takes power prize
Tasmania’s Huonville High School has won an international renewable energy prize worth $US100,000 ($133,000).
Beijing aims high to reduce air toll
Beijing has set an air quality target for 2017 that is over double the World Health Organisation (WHO) standard.
Questions left for unsettled science
Recent climate progress is positive, but the claim that the ‘science is settled’...
Green light for more uranium
Cameco’s proposed Yeelirrie mine in the Goldfields region of Western Australia has been approved...
Abbott takes aim at green power
Former prime minister Tony Abbott has interjected into Australia’s renewable energy debate.
Paladin pushes into global uranium
Paladin Energy is looking at a serious financial restructure as it looks for a place in the global uranium game.
SA payback outlined
South Australia's electricity distributor has agreed to about 75,000 customers after lengthy blackouts last year.
'Water trigger' praised for river change
Conservationists are celebrating legal action that led the federal environment minister to stop Santos dumping coal seam gas waste water in the Surat Basin.
Green light for yellowcake
WA’s Environment Minister has granted approval for what could be the state’s first uranium mine.
Mega-factories should make way
The burning stacks that typify many industrial sites are seen as a wasted opportunity by engineers.
China churning billions into green power
China says it will pour 2.5 trillion yuan ($493 billion) into renewable power generation by 2020.
Gas giant aims low in LNG glut
A top figure at Woodside Petroleum says the era of LNG mega-projects is over.