NSW Police have formally withdrawn charges against 125 protesters from Rising Tide’s 2024 People’s Blockade of the World’s Largest Coal Port, which organisers say was one of the largest civil disobedience protests in Australian history.

Do you have hope?’ I bumped into a wise friend I hadn’t seen for a while and after the initial pleasantries, and as we leant against the car, hands shielding our eyes from the welcome sun, she asked me that question.

It is rumoured that local Northern Rivers activists were involved in the latest Rising Tide action in Newcastle, once again having a close call with police.

What is Rising Tide? It’s ordinary people doing extraordinary things. The successful blockade of Newcastle coal port stands as the largest act of civil disobedience in Australia’s recent history, with around 8,000 people taking part.

Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, and the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) have today released the draft GenCost 2025-26 Report for public consultation.

Police on Sunday were reporting 141 people arrested at this year’s coal port blockade protest in Newcastle.

The Climate Council says Australians are being kept in the dark about the true costs of the federal Coalition’s risky and expensive nuclear scheme, saying heavy reliance on the first of two Frontier Economics reports paints a damning picture of the methods they may use to fudge the nuclear numbers and mislead Australians.

Do we need to change energy production, renewable energy storage and use, and if so, why? 

It’s official: The biggest methane polluters in the country are the coal and gas industries.

Last week's intense focus on whether or not federal Labor was going to revisit its negative gearing policies to deal with the housing crisis (no chance, according to the PM) did a great job of distracting from some other major stories.