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31 Aug 2021
Queensland Conservation Council: AEMO Energy Opportunity forecasts no market for rebuild of Callide’s exploded turbine
Queensland will have enough generation capacity to meet our forecast electricity demand for the next decade, without rebuilding Callide's C4 unit, according to the Australian Energy Market Operator’s (AEMO) annual Electricity Statement Of...
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31 Aug 2021
Nature Conservation Council: Let the Hume Coal decision mark the end of new coal projects in NSW
The NSW Planning Commission's rejection of a proposal to build a new coal mine in the state, citing concerns over the development's water impacts, with very little mention of the climate impacts...
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26 Aug 2021
Nature Conservation Council: Landmark court ruling puts NSW’s biggest climate polluters on notice
Today’s landmark NSW Land and Environment Court ruling should send a chill through the state’s most polluting industries, including the electricity sector.
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26 Aug 2021
Greenpeace AP: https://www.greenpeace.org.au/news/sunny-aemo-renewable-forecast-provides-clean-energy-confidence-for-australian-businesses/
A Federal Government plan to use public funds to pay coal power stations to keep operating regardless of whether they produce electricity shows that the Morrison Government’s priority for support is coal...
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12 Aug 2021
AGL’s Titanic coal failure sees it lose more than $2 billion
AGL, Australia’s biggest energy company and biggest climate polluter has posted a $2.06 billion full-year loss, a “Titanic failure” on the part of the company to navigate the changing energy market.
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11 Aug 2021
Greenpeace AP: Australia’s biggest energy user, Tomago Aluminium, to ditch AGL’s dirty coal power for renewables
Australia’s biggest energy user, the Tomago aluminium smelter in the Hunter Valley, has announced plans to switch to 100 per cent renewable energy by 2030, foreshadowing an early closure for AGL’s Bayswater...
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9 Aug 2021
Environment Victoria: Australia must slash climate pollution this decade
The political debate about climate change in Australia is stuck on whether the Federal Government should commit to net zero climate pollution by 2050. This is largely irrelevant to the real world...
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30 Jul 2021
Environment Victoria: Yallourn mine repair plan the best way out of a bad situation
The Andrews government today approved EnergyAustralia’s proposal to temporarily divert the Morwell River through pipes across the Yallourn mine, reducing pressure on a damaged embankment that might otherwise collapse.
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29 Jul 2021
Nature Conservation Council: What is the cost of Angus Taylor's big new tax to prop up coal?
The Federal Government's proposal to subsidise traditional electricity generators through a new charge on household electricity bills will delay the switch to clean energy.
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27 Jul 2021
Queensland Conservation Council: Age of Queensland coal “reliability” is over
The age of Queensland coal being thought of as “reliable” is over after it was announced it would take months to repair the damage to Callide Power Station after an explosion in May.
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