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2 months, 1 week ago

Newcastle rally shows support for traditional owners in fight to stop Santos' Narrabri gas project

ABC

A Gomeroi traditional owner has told a rally in Newcastle she expects a "David-and-Goliath" battle to stop Santos' multi-billion-dollar gas project. This weekend a convoy travelled from Narrabri, via the Upper Hunter to a rally in Newcastle on Sunday, opposing Santos' $3.6 billion gas developments in the Pilliga in northern New South Wales. "Santos will continue to engage constructively with …

Gas Project Rally Newcastle Nsw Santos Traditional Owners

3 months ago

Government green-lights three NSW coal mine extensions, angering environmental groups

ABC

Three New South Wales coal mines have been given federal government approval to extend their operations for the next 30 to 40 years. The approvals are for MACH Energy's Mount Pleasant Optimisation project and the Ashton Coal Operations' Ravensworth Underground Mine, both near Muswellbrook, and the Narrabri Underground Mine Stage 3 Extension Project owned by Whitehaven Coal. "This goes to …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Australian court rejects green group's appeal plea on Whitehaven's Narrabri judgment

The Hindu

Whitehaven Coal said on Friday, August 9, 2024, that Australia's High Court has rejected a green group's request to appeal a judgment dismissing review proceedings on the climate change effects of coal emissions for its Narrabri Stage 3 project. The Environmental Council of Central Queensland were seeking to appeal a decision from the Full Federal Court from May which dismissed …

Whitehaven Narrabri

7 months, 1 week ago

Climate change impact won't play into coal, gas approvals after major court blow for environmentalists

ABC

In short: An appeal by the Environmental Council of Central Queensland over two coal mine extensions has been dismissed by the Federal Court. The Federal Court has ruled that Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek does not have to consider the environmental impacts of emissions when approving coal and gas projects. "We're afraid this decision will open the floodgates for the minister …

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1 year ago

Bushfire in Pilliga State Forest near Narrabri in north-west NSW upgraded to emergency level

ABC

A bushfire near Narrabri in north-west NSW has been upgraded to emergency warning level for the second time in 24 hours, with residents in the area of Bohena Creek told it is to late to leave. Key points: A bushfire in the Pilliga State Forest has burnt more than 64,000 hectares The Rural Fire Service says there are concerns for …

Nsw Narrabri Rfs

1 year, 6 months ago

Coalmines pollute much more than their operators predicted when they sought approval

ABC

Whitehaven Coal's underground mine in northern NSW is polluting the atmosphere with more than three times the direct greenhouse gas emissions it forecast it would emit when it received environmental approval in 2015. Despite the coal extraction increasing by more than 50 per cent on average, Whitehaven produced new estimates that predicted the mine's emissions would halve — a forecast …

Climate Companies Coal Emissions Mines Set Reynolds

2 years, 5 months ago

Australia needs more gas. Some Traditional Owners say the price is too high

ABC

Raelene Cooper in Murujuga. "There's been lengthy consultation with the Aboriginal Corporation from Woodside over the last two and a half years with regards to the Scarborough development," Mr Jeffries said. "So there's been quite a bit of work done with Murujuga Aboriginal Corporation about sitting there and understanding the potential risk or opportunities with regards to Scarborough." Australia's biggest …

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2 years, 6 months ago

A solution for the energy crisis gripping Australia's east may lie in Western Australia

ABC

You can thank Margaret Thatcher for the gas supply crunch Australia's east coast has been plunged into. While energy on Australia's east coast has been in the hands of the market for decades, Western Australia has learned from previous crises. In the 1980s, the isolated state — which is not part of the national electricity market or the eastern gas …

Energy Market Australia Gas Power Western Crisis

2 years, 6 months ago

Gas-fired Tallawarra power station increases supply, sister facility to be hydrogen-capable, as energy crisis bites

ABC

Energy Australia says it has ramped up production at its Tallawarra power station on the shores of Lake Illawarra to more than double its standard capacity in response to tight gas market conditions. Key points: Tallawarra is more than doubling its standard capacity in response to the tight gas market conditions It usually runs at 20 per cent of its …

Market Supply Gas Power Port Station Santos

4 years, 1 month ago

Andrew 'Twiggy' Forrest's energy company AIE signs lease for Port Kembla gas terminal

ABC

Just a few months after Santos won planning approval for a multi-billion-dollar Narrabri coal seam gas project, Australian mining magnate Andrew "Twiggy" Forrest is speeding up plans for a floating gas import terminal at Port Kembla. Key points: Squadron Energy, part of Mr Forrest's Tattarang group, has signed a 25-year lease with NSW Ports It says it can provide 75 …

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