Energy

Labor's approval of Woodside gas expansion to 2070 is 'criminal'

One of assistant treasurer Daniel Mulino's constituents, Paul Tyndale-Biscoe, sent the following letter to his MP urging Labor not to agree to Woodside's gas expansion.

Protests oppose Labor’s approval of Woodside gas extension

Protesters rallied outside Labor MP Peter Khalil’s office in Naarm/Melbourne in response to Labor’s decision to approve Woodside’s North West Shelf gas extension. Jordan AK reports.

Trump’s move to fast-track deep-sea mining poses serious ecological, climate risks

Transnational companies, finding an ally in United States President Donald Trump and his extractivist agenda, are pushing to mine the seafloor for valuable minerals, despite widespread concerns about the potential ecological and climate impacts, reports Ben Radford.

Activists say Labor has failed its first climate test

Climate activists protested outside the Department of Climate Change Energy the Environment and Water against Labor's decision to allow Woodside to expand its LNG plant. Paul Oboohov reports.

Labor greenlights Woodside North West shelf gas extension

Labor looks set to abolish the modest “Nature Positive” reforms to climate law that it suggested during its first term, after environment minister Murray Watt approved Woodside's LNG North West Shelf expansion. Pip Hinman reports.

Gomeroi rejects Tribunal’s approval of Santos gas project in Pilliga Forest

Polly Cutmore, a Traditional Gomeroi Owner, has rejected the Native Title Tribunal’s findings that the NSW government can lease the Pilliga Forest for its 850-well coal seam gas mining project. Kerry Smith reports.

Why cheap renewables aren’t saving the planet

Given that renewable energy has become the cheapest energy source in recent years, it should be supplanting fossil fuels. But, as Brett Christopher points out in The Price is Wrong, contemporary neoliberal capitalism does not operate on such logic. Neville Spencer reviews Christopher’s book.

Peru: Indigenous communities resist extractivism, gov’t attacks

Indigenous communities across Peru are facing the devastating impacts of ongoing extractivism, while a series of new government laws threaten their right to self-determination, justice and land, reports Ben Radford.

Malaysia adopts controversial carbon capture and storage bill

Malaysia’s parliament fast-tracked and passed the Carbon Capture, Utilisation and Storage (CCUS) Bill, opening the door to the construction of CCUS facilities across Peninsular Malaysia, writes Suresh Kumar. But critics say the move is little more than greenwashing.