Tag: coal
Aren’t we in a drought? The Australian black coal industry uses enough water for over 5 million people
Image: AAP Image/Dave Hunt
Water is a highly contested resource in this long, oppressive drought, and the coal industry is one of Australia’s biggest water...
5 big environment stories you probably missed while you’ve been watching coronavirus
Picture: Shuttlestock
Good news: COVID-19 is not the only thing going on right now!
Bad news: while we’ve all been deep in the corona-hole, the climate...
New report shows the world is awash with fossil fuels. It’s time to cut off supply
Australia’s coal production is expected to jump by 34% to 2030,
undercutting our climate efforts. Nikki Short/AAP
A new United Nations report shows the world’s...
The gloves are off: ‘predatory’ climate deniers are a threat to our children
A child jumps from a rock outcrop into a lagoon in the
low-lying Pacific island of Tuvalu. AAP/Mick Tsikas
In this age of rapidly melting glaciers, terrifying...
Adani beware: coal is on the road to becoming completely uninsurable
Insurers have to protect themselves against foreseeable risks.
For insurers of fossil fuel projects, those risks are growing. Shutterstock
The announcement by Suncorp that it will no...
Adani is cleared to start digging its coal mine – six key questions answered
Adani Australia CEO Lucas Dow has now collected all
the necessary approvals. AAP Image/Dan Peled
There is now nothing standing between Indian mining giant Adani...