Australian coal miners will be represented at the upcoming international climate change talks Copenhagen when union members speak at the ‘Climate Change and the World of Work’ forum, which will be running alongside the United Nations talks on climate change.
08/12/2009
NEWCASTLE coalmine workers have accused the Australia Coal Association (ACA) of using scare tactics in a concerted campaign against Government efforts to tackle climate change.
02/10/2009
AN Environmental group is pushing the Queensland government not to approve any more coal mines to combat climate change.
30/10/2008
THE BRUMBY Government says that it is disappointing that opposition parties are failing to act in the national interest and support the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS).
14/08/2009
RIO Tinto chief executive, Tom Albanese, has told the mining industry he is doubtful a global agreement can be reached on climate change.
03/10/2008
THE Australian Coal Association (ACA) has launched a website designed to address its role in combating climate change.
12/11/2008
A REVIEW of Queensland’s climate change strategy is questioning the future of coal in electricity generation.
18/09/2008
FURTHER contradictions surrounding climate change and the coal sector have revived debate over Kevin Rudd’s Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS).
24/09/2009
CARBON capture and storage technology (CCS) will be critical to the future of the Australian coal industry, a report has found.
08/09/2008
CARBON capture and storage technology (CCS) will be critical to the future of the Australian coal industry, a report has found.
08/09/2008
FEDERAL Climate Change Minister, Penny Wong says that the delays to the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS) are not in Australia’s interest.
07/05/2009
FORMER ACTU secretary and coal miner Greg Combet has been given the new job of parliamentary secretary for climate change.
26/02/2009
MAJOR miners have employed lobbyists in their campaign to overhaul the Federal Government's climate change policy.
10/03/2009
THE CSIRO has reported that scientists at the international Copenhagen Climate Change Conference believe the world is loosing its battle on rising carbon emissions.
12/03/2009
THE INTER-governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is proposing the use of a new approach to estimate fugitive emissions from open cut coal mines.
19/08/2008
THE CSIRO has reportedly told a Senate select committee that the Australian Federal Government’s emissions targets are not severe enough to achieve climate protection.
14/04/2009
The CFMEU Mining and Energy Division claims that the coalition’s decision to delay action on climate change would jeopardise the long-term future of coal communities around the country.
28/05/2009
ECO-friendly technology could transform the way coal-fired power plants function as global businesses move to support carbon capture technology.
20/10/2008
Mining giants must be forced to guarantee jobs in exchange for more climate change compensation, Australian coalmine workers told both sides of politics in Canberra this week.
19/11/2009
OPERATIONS at Abbott Point coal terminal have been disrupted by Greenpeace protests coinciding with the Pacific Islands Forum where a regional approach to climate change is to be discussed.
05/08/2009