THE WESTERN Australian Greens are questioning Labor’s commitments to combat climate change, citing the government’s support for three coal-fired power stations.
04/09/2008
THE NATIONAL Water Commission has released a report that indicates water consumption would soar further if carbon capture and storage methods (CCS) were built into coal-fired power stations.
10/08/2009
PROTESTERS have picketed Premier Anna Bligh’s South Brisbane electorate office as well as Mining and Energy Minister Stephen Robertson and Climate Change Minister Kate Jones offices in an attempt to persuade the government to phase out coal-fired power stations.
10/06/2009
AUSTRALIA is set to “clean up” thousands of coal-fired power stations to protect its coal export industry, according to the Australian Prime Minister.
25/11/2008
VICTORIAN Police have arrested three protesters who have demonstrated at the Hazelwood power station near Morwell in Victoria on 28 March 2009.
30/03/2009
THE Australian Energy Regulator (AER) has come under attack for its billion dollar plan which will boost investment in polluting coal-fired power stations.
05/03/2009
ENERGY and Resources Minister Peter Batchelor has announced that the Victorian Government has signed two ground-breaking agreements with Japan that strengthen global efforts to reduce future greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power generation.
09/09/2009
VICTORIA’S Energy and Resources Minister Peter Batchelor has announced a state government funded study has found ways to significantly reduce the cost of adapting carbon capture technology for its coal-fired power stations.
20/02/2009
MATERIALS scientist William Rickard and his colleagues from Curtin University, in Perth have developed a way to turn a by-product from coal-fired power stations into safer fly ash polymer cements.
22/07/2009
A COAL miners’ union is calling on the federal government to deny coal-fired electricity plants ‘palliative care’ as it tackles climate change.
12/09/2008
THE QUEENSLAND Resources Council (QRC) says the Queensland Government’s new ClimateSmart 2050 policy recognises the role coal will play in a low-emissions future.
20/08/2009
LOY Yang Power has signed a memorandum of understanding with MBD Energy to potentially use algae-based technology to reduce the emissions of a brown-coal power station.
15/05/2009
AUSTRALIA is embarking on a demonstration project to prove power stations can be refitted to burn coal in a cleaner way.
11/12/2008
PLANTATION Energy Australia has announced the signing of a three-year $60 million supply agreement with Essent Trading.
26/05/2009
A POWER generation firm is calling on the government to include waste coal mine gas generation to soften the impact of the emissions trading scheme (ETS) to hit Australia by 2010.
10/12/2008
WA Mines and Petroleum Minister Norman Moore has welcomed the inclusion of a local project examining carbon capture and storage in Western Australia’s South-West for a share in a $2 billion Federal Government program.
08/12/2009
MINISTER for Mineral Resources Ian Macdonald has announced that the NSW Government, in conjunction with the University of Newcastle, will establish a NSW Institute for Frontier Geoscience at the university.
22/06/2009
ENERGY and Resources Minister Peter Batchelor says the Brumby Government’s appointment as a foundation member of the Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute will benefit the state.
16/04/2009
AUSTRALIAN Coal Association (ACA) Executive Director Ralph Hillman presented at the Central Queensland Carbon Forum in Gladstone on 8 October 2009.
08/10/2009