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resources December 9, 2023
The bill that could stop fracking at Beetaloo Basin
A concession to the Greens over the Nature Repair bill has handed the environment minister a means to obstruct the Beetaloo Basin fracking project – the question now is whether she will use it.
resources September 16, 2023
How to build a green economic boom
This second instalment of a two-part series explains how Australia can create a thriving economy based on green energy and manufacturing, while helping the world shift to renewables.
resources July 15, 2023
Fact check: Green hydrogen’s big promise
Australia’s plan to become a renewable superpower is focused on pouring more money into green hydrogen. Can it live up to the hype?
resources June 10, 2023
A seismic blasting whistleblower speaks
A marine biologist working with seismic blasting surveyors has turned whistleblower to highlight significant flaws in how the process is monitored and the risks it poses to marine life.
resources February 4, 2023
Scott Morrison gas decision overturned
The former prime minister’s use of secret ministerial powers in the Asset Energy gas exploration veto cannot be defended, Commonwealth court filings reveal.
resources February 4, 2023
What the carbon credits review didn’t say
The government’s review of the flawed carbon credits scheme is nuanced, political and confusing.
resources January 7, 2023
Subpoenas reveal scale of Chevron’s Australian ambitions
Documents tabled in the US congress show Chevron plans to run its Gorgon gas plant in Western Australia until at least 2056, exploiting other companies’ transitions to cleaner energy.
resources December 17, 2022
Energy price caps a rare blow to fossil fuel giants
The Albanese government’s energy package may be the first step in loosening the grip of the fossil fuel giants on Australian policy.
resources November 19, 2022
Exclusive: McCormack reveals what he knew of Morrison ministries
Scott Morrison never told his deputy prime minister Michael McCormack that to overrule a NSW gas project, he had himself appointed to the Resources portfolio.
resources November 19, 2022
Inside Mike Cannon-Brookes’s AGL coup
When Mike Cannon-Brookes’s takeover of AGL failed, he opted for a mutiny, and it’s dragging one of Australia’s oldest companies – and our largest polluter – into a renewable energy future.
resources November 5, 2022
Push for legal case against Morrison to go to High Court
New documents in the case against Scott Morrison’s use of a secret ministry to reject a gas project show he claimed there was ‘sufficient supply’ on the east coast.
