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Tag: coal

Posted inHazmat

Sick of coal: toxic pollution continues despite community health impacts

by Duncan Murray 8 April 20219 April 2021
coal in train boxcar awaiting transport
Posted inFinance

US, Japan and China are coal’s biggest financial backers

by Mollie Hersh 2 March 20212 March 2021
coal plant
Posted inEnergy

Eastern Europe shows how to convert coal to solar

by David Thorpe 3 March 2020
Is the Sunshine Coast a glimmer of green in Queensland’s coal dust dystopia?
Posted inUrbanism

Sunshine Coast striving for good sustainability goals

by Willow Aliento 23 May 201923 May 2019
COP 24 2018
Posted inBusiness & Politics

This is war. It’s time to stand up to the carbon bullies

by David Thorpe 11 December 201813 December 2018
Our pick of the jobs & life after coal
Posted inJobs News

Our pick of the jobs & life after coal

by The Fifth Estate 6 November 20186 November 2018
coal fire station
Posted inArticles, Energy, Government

Coal-fired power stations not okay

by Willow Aliento 28 June 201829 June 2018
Posted inGovernment

Britain’s Conservatives are going green: hello Aussie Libs!

by David Thorpe 10 April 201810 April 2018
Prostest at commbank HQ
Posted inBriefs, Environment, Finance

CommBank finally rules out financing coal

by Julia Grove 16 November 2017
Posted inNews from the Front Desk

Issue No 364 – On some fun explosions from a dead coal plant and BHP

by Cameron Jewell 9 November 201714 November 2017
heatwave, electricity, demand response
Posted inGovernment

Does demand response really mean warm beer and suffering poor?

by Willow Aliento 19 October 201728 October 2017
Posted inSpinifex

Australia dithers on energy while the world gets on with it

by Bruce Easton, EcoVantage 14 September 2017
Anani mine
Posted inBriefs

#StopAdani protesters block Commbank HQ

by Julia Grove 24 July 201725 July 2017
Posted inBriefs

New database reveals world’s biggest coal plant developers

by Julia Grove 4 July 20174 July 2017
Posted inEnergy

Hydro eliminates need for coal and gas, ANU says

by Cameron Jewell 27 February 2017
Scott Morrison coal
Posted inBusiness & Politics, News from the Front Desk

News from the front desk: Issue No 325 – On why we don’t care about ScoMo’s coal antics

by Julia Grove 10 February 201724 August 2018
Posted inEnergy

Government clean coal thought bubble would cost double that of renewables

by Cameron Jewell 31 January 201731 January 2017
Posted inBriefs

John Kerry Tells Marrakech Coal Investment Is “Suicide”

by Julia Grove 17 November 201617 November 2016
Posted inInvestment/deals/companies

Tim Buckley on coal subsidies and why divestment is such a good idea

by Willow Aliento 14 October 201421 July 2015
Posted inArticles

Inquiry: Hazelwood mine fire was forseeable

by Cameron Jewell 3 September 20143 September 2014

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