Tag coal
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Action against Adani coal heats up
Protestors from Frontline Action on Coal have over 30 actions planned leading up to an Australia wide protests on June 30 demanding that no new coal projects be approved in Australia.
June 22, 2018 | Echonetdaily | 4 -
Mandy Nolan’s Soap Box: The power to stop Adani
Remember that scene in James Bond movies? 007 is in a small room filling up with water. His time is running out. The water keeps rising. The tension is unbearable. Bond is running out of options. That’s what I think... Read More →
March 21, 2017 | Mandy Nolan | 7 -
‘Base load’ power: a myth used to defend fossil-fuel industry
Last week, leading lights of the global fossil power industry gathered at a conference in Houston, Texas, for CERA, known in the sector as the ‘Davos of Energy’. They reportedly got the shock of their professional careers.
March 4, 2016 | Echonetdaily | 1 -
Sticking the knife in the Coalmonster, the CSG Daemon and us
I am getting fairly pissed off – I am just saying that at the outset so you don’t read to the end and get shirty when you find out that the person I am pissed off with is you.
December 28, 2015 | Eve Jeffery | 0 -
Is this the beginning of the end for fossil fuel?
Panic selling swept major global stock-markets on Tuesday in what could be a foretaste of things to come, as investors suddenly woke up to the fact that the game has changed. Fossil fuels and their associated investments are in decline, and the world is heading rapidly towards new and cleaner technologies.
October 2, 2015 | Echonetdaily | 1 -
Coal is good for Liberal Party donations, not humanity
Senator Larissa Waters, Australian Greens. Oxfam’s report Powering Up Against Poverty, released this week, shows why renewable energy will save and improve lives in developing countries while coal will further destroy them.
July 30, 2015 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Coal could make humanity extinct
M Mizzi, Byron Bay. Dear Mr Abbott, Coal is not god for humanity and other living things. As this article points out humans are causing the greatest mass extinctions of life on earth and biodiversity destruction since the ice age.
June 21, 2015 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Coal on rise in electricity supply: report
Increased coal use in electricity generation is pushing up the carbon intensity of Australia's east coast electricity supply, a new report says.
May 6, 2015 | Echonetdaily | 0 -
Thus Spake Mungo: Reality mugs PM
There are times when our Prime Minister get mugged by reality. But it doesn’t mean that he has to like it.
October 20, 2014 | Mungo MacCallum | 3 -
Australia a ‘wrecking ball’ at climate conference
In just seven days, the reputation of Australia as a constructive force in international climate policy has been completely trashed – both in terms of its domestic actions and in the wrecking ball tactics it has sent to Warsaw.
November 20, 2013 | Echonetdaily | 5 -
Massive coal mine approved in Qld
The federal government has approved a massive coal mining project in central Queensland that will be the largest in the country. Environment minister Greg Hunt approved the 37,380 hectare Kevin’s Corner project on Friday. The mine, to be operated by... Read More →
November 4, 2013 | Echonetdaily | 0
