Bob Burton
As opposition to renewables from Australia’s largest electricity utilities has faded, Trevor St Baker has emerged as one of the few dissenting voices left.
Coal plant owner Trevor St Baker wants Australia to impose limits to limit wind and solar to 50% of energy output at any one time, citing International Energy Agency...
Australian Federal Government
Coal
Governments
Other Good Stuff
Adani’s desperate bid to sell Carmichael coal to Vietnam
Adani's attendance at a Hanoi “energy roundtable,” facilitated by the Australian government, signifies the desperate challenge it faces getting Carmichael coal project off the ground.
Australian Federal Government
China
Coal
Community Power
Governments
India
Other Good Stuff
Renewables
Adani’s vain hope global coal market will save Carmichael mine
Adani pins hopes for beleaguered Carmichael coal mine on the Asia–Pacific market. But the Australian government’s own resources forecaster is less confident.
Coal
News & Commentary
BHP gives World Coal Association the cold shoulder – but it’s no climate saint
BHP axes membership with global coal lobby group, citing “material difference” over its climate advocacy. But is this hypocrisy?
Number of coal plants in permitting and planning process fell another 22% in 2017 – a 59% fall over the last two years.
Where South32 has moved to divest from thermal coal, BHP is increasing its exposure – and undermining its climate credentials.
BHP flags cutting ties with international coal lobby groups, but appears more forgiving of Minerals Council, other Australian organisations.
Will the interruption of a New Delhi cricket match by toxic smog finally spur the Indian government to take coal pollution seriously?
Climate
Coal
Governments
News & Commentary
Renewables
United States Government
Rejected teenagers: the trend of closing young coal plants
It's not just old coal power plants that are being closed down. In Italy, the US, and the Netherlands, coal plants that are barely teenagers are being targeted for...
