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NSW offshore drilling ban will be Australian first

NSW offshore drilling ban will be Australian first

NSW is shutting the door on offshore drilling and mining operations in its waters, sabotaging PEP-11 and other projects.

Woodside pipeline incident 'lucky not to kill workers'

Woodside pipeline incident 'lucky not to kill workers'

Woodside pipeline incident 'lucky not to kill workers'

Woodside pipeline incident 'lucky not to kill workers'

Two separate incidents in less than a month during the laying of Woodside's Scarborough pipeline have unions and traditional custodians up in arms.

Bill shock to ease as cost of power falls, solar shines

Bill shock to ease as cost of power falls, solar shines

Bill shock to ease as cost of power falls, solar shines

Bill shock to ease as cost of power falls, solar shines

Consumers are set to benefit as the national electricity grid uses less coal and gas-fired electricity and the share of renewable energy hits a record.

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Origin Energy to plug in big battery alongside gas

Origin Energy to plug in big battery alongside gas

Origin Energy says it will build a $400 million big battery in Victoria to maintain a reliable power supply and support Australia's transition to renewables.

Full steam ahead as government secures gas deal

Full steam ahead as government secures gas deal

Hundreds more petajoules of gas will be made available thanks to a government commitment with energy giants Esso and Woodside.

Quantum deal mines geophysics for hazards, exploration

Quantum deal mines geophysics for hazards, exploration

A hazard and minerals detection deal struck by an Aussie quantum start-up and the US Geological Survey could unlock a new generation of technologies.

Indigenous groups and gas giants promised clearer rules

Indigenous groups and gas giants promised clearer rules

A failed legal bid to stop the construction of an underwater gas pipeline has sparked a promise for clearer rules around consultations with traditional owners.

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Water trigger 'too vague' to stop onshore gas expansion

Water trigger 'too vague' to stop onshore gas expansion

Water trigger 'too vague' to stop onshore gas expansion

Water trigger 'too vague' to stop onshore gas expansion

Tweaked environmental laws remain too loose to safeguard water supplies and tackle threats to food growers and country from onshore gas wells, research shows.

Energy producers welcome new look at offshore approvals

Energy producers welcome new look at offshore approvals

Energy producers welcome new look at offshore approvals

Energy producers welcome new look at offshore approvals

The federal government is examining the consultation process for offshore oil and gas projects after court decisions in favour of traditional owners.

NT accelerates giga-scale green hydrogen production hub

NT accelerates giga-scale green hydrogen production hub

NT accelerates giga-scale green hydrogen production hub

NT accelerates giga-scale green hydrogen production hub

Priority status for a solar-powered hydrogen plant promises to bring hundreds of jobs to Darwin's energy precinct and shift an emerging export market up a gear.

Steeper cost of small reactors a blow to nuclear push

Steeper cost of small reactors a blow to nuclear push

Steeper cost of small reactors a blow to nuclear push

Steeper cost of small reactors a blow to nuclear push

A push to add nuclear to Australia's energy mix may be silenced by a steep upward revision of the cost of small reactors by the national science agency.

Santos' lawyer accuses expert of 'weaponising' heritage

Santos' lawyer accuses expert of 'weaponising' heritage

Santos' lawyer accuses expert of 'weaponising' heritage

Santos' lawyer accuses expert of 'weaponising' heritage

Tiwi Islander Simon Munkara's Federal Court challenge to Santos' gas pipeline in the Timor Sea continues with anthropologists giving evidence.

Santos given green-light for Barossa drilling project

Santos given green-light for Barossa drilling project

Santos given green-light for Barossa drilling project

Santos given green-light for Barossa drilling project

Santos has marked a key regulatory win for its $5.8bn Timor Sea Barossa project, but other court battles are threatening to derail the project.

'Real, growing risk' of power generation falling short

'Real, growing risk' of power generation falling short

'Real, growing risk' of power generation falling short

'Real, growing risk' of power generation falling short

Energy market tsars are out of step with the "rooftop revolution" and other household energy that could be harnessed in a clean, low-cost system, critics say.

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Gas shortfall forecast without significant demand drop

Extra costs for transporting Queensland gas south to other states are expected to hit the east coast gas market next year, adding to supply pressures.

Summer of extreme demand to test evolving energy grid

Australia's energy grid is a complex machine designed to adapt to peak demand through deadly heatwaves and storms, but blackouts remain a risk this summer.

Energy barons face-off over clean gas at climate summit

As negotiators gather for the final week of a milestone climate summit, the gas lobby says Australia's sector is already years ahead on emissions reduction.

Climate information integrity threat ahead of summit

The climate crisis is being made worse by an information crisis, with some Australian outlets accused of peddling fake news and adding to confusion and delay.

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'Massive failure' for environment laws without trigger

Environmental groups are deeply worried about proposed laws they say will take national protections backwards and do little to stop new gas and coal mines.

Rift between net-zero climate pledges, carbon footprint

Woodside, Chevron and Glencore have been assessed as at significant risk of "net-zero greenwash" and are urged to join the "climate ambition loop" instead.

NT government Middle Arm submission 'laughable': elders

Traditional owners and environmentalists have hit back at the Northern Territory government's submission to the Middle Arm Senate inquiry.

Call for Santos to give up on Narrabri as precinct axed

Clean industry advocates say renewable energy and sustainable agriculture are the future of Narrabri, as the NSW government axes a gas-led industrial precinct.

Santos permitted to start works on Barossa pipeline

Santos is allowed to begin laying a pipeline near the Tiwi islands but could be swiftly blocked by a successful federal court challenge by a traditional owner.

Beetaloo 'climate bomb' cannot be offset, inquiry told

Independent modelling suggests governments have underestimated emissions from the Northern Territory's proposed Beetaloo Basin project and a Darwin Harbour hub.

Industrial emissions a key to hitting climate targets

No clean technologies - solar batteries, electric cars and heat pumps - are truly green unless the whole supply chain slashes emissions, consumers are warned.

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