Labor conspicuously omitted plans to avert the climate emergency in its budget, however renewable energy projects are advancing nonetheless. Alex Bainbridge reports.
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Extinction Rebellion SA organised a series of creative protests outside the Australian Energy Producers conference to protest the push for more fossil fuels in a climate emergency. Markela Panegyres reports.
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The Denman Aberdeen Muswellbrook Scone Healthy Environment Group defended a NSW Court of Appeal ruling in the High Court that the climate change impacts of fossil fuel projects have to be taken into account. Kerry Smith reports.
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Recent reports suggest that the Western Australian Labor government is planning on pushing ahead with its net-zero plan but without emission reductions targets. Maz Misiewicz reports.
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Labor is boasting that its latest budget delivers the most significant transformation of the tax system in a quarter century. But, as Peter Boyle argues, this is more spin than reality.
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Climate campaigners say NSW Labor’s decision to open the state’s west to gas exploration companies will harm the environment and make the transition to benign energy more difficult. Jim McIlroy reports.
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Marxist economist Michael Roberts recently spoke to ecosocialist Climate and Capitalism editor Ian Angus about his new book, Metabolic Rifts: Capitalism’s Assault on the Earth System.
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The call for a tax on gas corporations’ exports is growing louder by the day. Despite 80% of gas production being sent offshore, the government receives almost no return. Cas Smith reports.
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A 200-strong crowd braved the rain to protest outside Woodside’s annual general meeting at the Crown Casino, Perth, to demand it stop destroying the environment. Petrina Harley reports.
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The gas leak at Viva refinery, the result of machinery failures, is no surprise for locals, who say the company is not spending enough on safety and maintenance. Sue Bull reports.
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Political economist and author Helen Yaffe spoke to Green Left’s Alex Bainbridge about how the Cuban people are responding to the United States government ramping up its imperialist aggression.
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In this interview with Ricardo Vaz, Venezuelan economist Carlos Mendoza Potellá offers his analysis on the recent reform of the Hydrocarbon Law and the struggle for sovereignty in Venezuela.