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Keith Pitt labelled “delusional” for ignoring costs of unproven “clean coal”
Resources minister Keith Pitt advocates for the most expensive option for new power generation in Australia. Labor says he is delusional.
Michael Mazengarb

Feb 26, 2020

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Coal

“Clean” King Coal – the emperor with no clothes
Any suggestion “clean coal” can deliver cheap reliable power should stand for what it is – a naked claim befitting an emperor with no clothes.
Andrew Stock

Jul 24, 2018

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Coal

Audit office slams Australia’s dud investments in “clean coal”
Audit office slams Australia’s CCS funding programs, saying $450 million spent, and nothing achieved: Not a single tonne of CO2 saved, no technology ready for deployment, from a scheme that has been a governance catastrophe.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 15, 2017

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Other Good Stuff

WA grid could reach 85% renewables – and cheaper than ‘clean coal’
Repowering WA’s South West Integrated System grid with renewables would not increase the wholesale electricity price, new modelling shows.
Ben Rose

Sep 8, 2017

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Fossil fuel marketing terms swamp the ABC and mainstream media
The term “low emissions coal” has been used 100s of times in Australia’s mainstream media – which is a lot for something that doesn’t exist.
Giles Parkinson

Sep 1, 2017

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Other Good Stuff

Trump thinks clean coal is when workers mine coal and actually ‘clean it’
In the real world, clean coal remains a fantasy, but in Trump world you can mine it, and then the workers “clean” it.
Joe Romm

Aug 24, 2017

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Other Good Stuff

The death of “alternative energy”
Once, alternative energy meant “clean coal” and “fracking.” Today, renewables have left those “alternatives” for dead, and not even Trump can save them.
Andrew Beebe

Aug 4, 2017

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Policy & Planning

Coal CEO admits that ‘clean coal’ is a myth
Coal baron says carbon capture and storage ‘does not work’ and ‘is just cover for the politicians.’
Joe Romm

Jul 7, 2017

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Commentary

Flagship “clean coal” project abandoned, despite $10bn investment
The project, which relied on a “gasifier” to turn a cheap and common grade of coal into fuel, is over, at least for now, Southern said.
Sharon Kelly

Jun 29, 2017

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Coal

Clean coal won’t cut it, on costs or emissions, says Climate Council
Climate Council report says “clean coal” won’t meet Australia’s most basic climate obligations – and would need electricity prices to rise four-fold to earn sufficient revenue to be viable.
Sophie Vorrath

Jun 16, 2017

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Coal

How clean are Australia’s ‘clean coal’ power stations?
What’s that you say? Australia has ‘clean coal power stations’? Well, it depends how you define ‘clean coal’.
Simon Holmes à Court

May 24, 2017

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Smart Energy

Why the IEA still gets it wrong on fossil fuels
The IEA is using unrealistic assumptions about emissions and CCS to keep coal and oil in the picture.
Greg Muttitt

Apr 3, 2017

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