ENERGY Developments and Envirogen have joined forces in a bid to gain renewable energy classification after the Rudd Government’s proposed legislation was delayed.
23/06/2009
CAPRICORN Conservation Council vice-president Ian Herbert says money spent on clean coal should be funding renewable energy technology.
16/09/2009
WESTERN Australia's Sustainable Energy Association chief executive Professor Ray Wills says coal gas should not be included under a renewable energy target (RET) scheme.
19/08/2009
AUSTRALIAN sustainability exert, Dr John Cole, has been appointed to head the government’s new Office of Clean Energy in a bid to reduce the state’s carbon footprint.
28/10/2008
THE CSIRO has made a submission to the Government’s energy review which claims that price caps in a carbon market may stifle investment in renewable technologies and threaten Australia’s power supply.
04/08/2009
WIND power could mark the end for coal mining, with experts hailing it as the only renewable energy source able to significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions before 2020.
07/11/2008
ACTIVISTS gathered on the Victorian Parliament steps on 7 September 2009 to campaign for the closure of the Hazelwood coal-fired power station.
08/09/2009
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
ENVIRONMENT Minister Simon Corbell says he will encourage ACT residents connecting to the electricity grid to choose renewable energy over coal.
02/04/2009
AUSTRALIA will be forced to use nuclear power to meet its carbon reduction targets, according to industry experts.
14/11/2008
THE QUEENSLAND Parliament has passed a new legislation to fast track the development of greenhouse gas storage in the state.
17/02/2009
THE WESETERN Australia State Government says it will make a significant investment of $260million through the 2009 State Budget to improve the reliability of Western Australian’s electricity supply.
12/05/2009
COAL mining may be superseded by wind farming in a key U.S project, because it is believed to have economic, social and environmental benefits.
25/08/2008
THE MINERALS Council of Australia’s National Conference on 28 May 2009 was picketed by Canberra residents.
05/06/2009
CLEAN coal will be a hot topic at the All-Energy Australia ’09 conference held between 7 and 8 October 2009 at the Melbourne Convention Centre, Victoria.
07/10/2009
AUSTRALIA has the ability to slash greenhouse gas emissions, but ‘clean coal’ technology is a must, a recent report says.
11/08/2008
PRIME Minister Kevin Rudd says clean-coal technology development has to be at the ‘forefront of the agenda’ to cut global carbon pollution without destroying the coal industry.
26/09/2008
A GROUP of protesters have attempted to shut down Port Waratah, New South Wales by disrupting operations.
23/03/2009
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
LIBERTY Resources has been accepted as a legal member of the Global Carbon Capture and Storage (“CCS”) Institute.
28/08/2009