News
5 Mar 2021
Environment Victoria: EPA fails on climate in coal power station licence review
Victoria’s environmental regulator, the Environment Protection Authority (EPA), has taken 1200 days to review the licences of three coal power stations and then failed to take any action on the greenhouse gases...
Read more
1 Mar 2021
Queensland Conservation: Queensland’s Coal Emissions Keep Us On A Path To Disaster
The latest carbon emissions disaster shows Queensland's coal-fired power stations are still emitted too much carbon putting the state at high risk of climate disaster.
Read more
27 Feb 2021
Greenpeace AP: UN: major emitting countries including Australia failing the Paris Agreement
Australia is among a number of nations that have failed to commit to addressing the climate crisis, according to a new report released by the United Nations today.
Read more
24 Feb 2021
Nature Conservation Council: Only one power station in the Hunter/Central Coast region to be profitable by 2025?
Two of the three coal-fired power stations likely to be still running the Hunter and Central Coast regions by 2025 could be worthless stranded assets, new economic analysis shows.
Read more
11 Feb 2021
New data reveals coal power stations routinely breach licences putting human health and the environment at risk
Australia Beyond Coal launches the Coal Impacts Index today, this searchable website compiles 5 years of pollution data on coal power stations in the National Electricity Market (NEM) for the first time...
Read more
11 Feb 2021
Queensland Conservation: New Website Reveals Coal Breaches – But Queensland Keeps Them Under Wraps
A brand new resource released today by Australia Beyond Coal reveals the routine breaches by coal fired power stations across Australia. But Queensland continues to keep risks to human health and the...
Read more
10 Feb 2021
Nature Conservation Council: EPA agrees to consult Central Coast residents on Vales Point asthma pollution levels
The NSW Environment Protection Authority has agreed to public consultation before determining whether to let Vales Point power station keep emitting high levels of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) for another five years.
Read more
14 Jan 2021
Nature Conservation Council: Coal power should not be above the law on clean air
Vales Point power station, one of the state’s biggest polluters, must not be granted another five-year exemption from the Clean Air Regulation, according to the Nature Conservation Council.
Read more
4 Jan 2021
Vales Point power station’s billionaire beggars receive $62 million dividend for FY2019-20
Vales Point power station owners Trevor St Baker and Brian Flannery took $62 million in dividends in FY2019-20 but they are still earmarked for a Federal Government grant $8.7 million grant.
Read more
16 Dec 2020
Nature Conservation Council: AGL cops record penalty after hazardous coal-ash sludge spill into Bayswater Creek
Energy giant AGL has paid a record amount in rehabilitation costs, legal fees and community payments after a pipeline at its Bayswater power station burst and released 1,440 cubic metres of hazardous...
Read more
