Archived News for Energy Sector Professionals
BP Bight plans highlighted
Sea Shepherd is sending a vessel to fight plans to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight.
Call for safer tech cemetaries
The world needs to stop dumping its e-waste on developing nations, experts say.
Coal clean-up could bury QLD
Reports say Queensland taxpayers face a bill of over $3 billion to clean up the state's coal mines.
Tasmanian power plays questioned
Tasmania’s Opposition says businesses are still skittish after the failed sale of...
Vic considers empowering people
The Victorian Government could help residents source their own power.
Climate cuts undone, partly
Australia appears to have a science minister again, and he appears to be in favour of science.
Mine conference sees golden days
Mining bosses say a global climate for fear could be good for gold prices.
Council responds to SA power claims
The Climate Council has responded to criticism of South Australia’s renewable energy network.
Power firm cuts fire grants
WA’s Western Power has cut an $80,000 a year grants program for volunteer firefighters.
Mining money makes friendly links
A new report uses six key mining projects to show the cosy and secretive relationships between political parties and the mining industry.
Friendlier fracking on the way
Industrial researchers at CRCMining say they have come up with a safer alternative than gas fracking.
Waste dump planner slammed
Environmentalists have questioned the independence of a key figure in SA’s nuclear waste dump plan.
Musk's trucks to mark new age
The future could run on electric autonomous trucks, according to Elon Musk.
Sun-power circumnavigation success
Solar Impulse has landed in Abu Dhabi, becoming the first aircraft to travel around the world without expending a drop of fuel.
SA solar plan could expand
South Australia might lose its title as the state with the most expensive electricity.
Unions rail on coal workers' cut
Unions say a scary precedent has been set by a FWC ruling involving Collie's Griffin Coal Mine workers.
Little remains from gas implosion
Governments have almost nothing to show from $200 billion worth of gas investment...
Skills Minister pledges no TAFEs to close
Hard hit from ship emissions
Air pollution from shipping emissions in East Asia alone leads to to tens of thousands of premature deaths a year.