New technology makes brown coal green
New technology makes brown coal green
Australian company Exergen says a multi-million-dollar investment will allow it to build a new plant to make brown coal more environmentally friendly.
New carbon alliance ‘deeply disappointing’
New carbon alliance ‘deeply disappointing’
Environmental and coal industry groups join forces to promote carbon capture.
Vic govt climate fund
Vic govt climate fund
The Victorian Government has put up $72 million towards sustainable energy projects, but could still build a new coal-fired power station.
Australia: Protesters to ’shut down’ Newcastle
Australia: Protesters to ’shut down’ Newcastle
Brisbane Times: Brisbane climate change protesters will head to Newcastle in July in an attempt to shut down the world’s largest coal exporting port. The Camp for Climate Change is being set up in Newcastle, or the nearby Hunter Valley, as a base for hundreds of protesters to take action against Australia’s reliance on coal-generated power. Newcastle ships 211 million tonnes of coal exports each year, making it the world’s largest coal exporting port and the heart of Australia’s coal …
76pc want subsidies for renewables
76pc want subsidies for renewables
Australian: THREE-QUARTERS of Australians would prefer the Federal Government to subsidise renewable energy instead of fossil fuels, an opinion poll has found. The Galaxy Research poll conducted for independent political group GetUp! found 76 per cent wanted renewables like wind and solar power funded in the federal budget. This compared with 17 per cent who preferred subsidies for fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas. The survey follows a Newspoll commissioned by Greenpeace earlier …
Big polluters demand billion-dollar ‘ransom’
Big polluters demand billion-dollar ‘ransom’
Age: AUSTRALIA’S electricity generation industry is demanding massive compensation from the Federal Government in return for its co-operation in efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions. In a challenge to the Government’s climate adviser, Ross Garnaut, the power generators have warned of soaring costs to consumers and disruptions to supplies unless they are compensated for the costs of complying with anti-greenhouse laws. With most of Australia’s electricity coming coal-fired …
Ash a resource, not a waste
Ash a resource, not a waste
CRC for Coal in Sustainable Development It is time Australia stopped treating flyash from coal-fired power generation as a waste - and started to regard it as a valuable resource with many end…