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The coal industry’s Great Illusionist Brief
To build three new coal terminals on the Great Barrier Reef coast, three coal companies made World Heritage hurdles disappear. Here’s how they did it.
Georgina Woods

Oct 25, 2012

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Using coal exports as a lever for climate action
The second in a two-part series explains how Australia could use its unique position in the global fossil fuel market to leverage steps toward decarbonisation.
Zane Alcorn and Ben Courtice

Aug 20, 2012

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Can Australia’s coal customers shop elsewhere?
In the first of a two-part series, we examine Australia’s coal expansion, why other countries can’t match it, and why it must be phased out.
Zane Alcorn and Ben Courtice

Aug 16, 2012

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Two reasons why Victoria will never be a brown coal export hub
A $90m government fund to develop brown coal processing technology doesn’t alter the fact the Latrobe Valley will never export coal in bulk. Here’s why.
Rob Campbell

Aug 8, 2012

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Is King Coal’s American reign under threat?
For the first time in US history, natural gas electricity generation equaled coal generation. But this shift is no environmental panacea.
Stephen Lacey

Jul 9, 2012

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Breaking an unholy contract with coal
Recent developments in India show the need for developing countries to make a ‘devil’s bargain’ with coal plants is becoming a thing of the past.
Justin Guay

Jun 12, 2012

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Great Barrier Reef face off: coal vs conservation
The Commonwealth must tread extremely carefully with coastal infrastructure development. The Queensland government, meanwhile, can afford to be gung ho.
Colin Hunt

Jun 7, 2012

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A brown coal export hub? Tell them they’re dreaming!
Plans to transform Victoria’s Latrobe Valley into a mining export hub fail on both technological and economic grounds.
Stephen King

Apr 24, 2012

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Energy White Paper: The true cost of backwards thinking
The federal government’s draft energy paper fails to factor in the cost of externalities, mainly health related, from fossil fuel mining and combustion.
George Crisp and David Shearman

Mar 20, 2012

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Have our coal miners never heard of climate risk?
Perhaps the most appropriate backers of Greenpeace’s anti-coal campaign should be our superannuation funds and the government itself. The risks from a global carbon budget and technological change are growing rapidly. Even the head of Tata Power says “why invest in coal.” But our miners don’t want to know.
Giles Parkinson

Mar 8, 2012

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House swap: I’ll take wind turbines over a coal mine
Both coal plants and wind farms face opposition from those who have to live nearby. But which would you rather have as a neighbour?
Matthew Wright

Feb 22, 2012

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Coal on the ropes in US
Cheap gas, rising coal prices and new environmental standards has made for a bad week for coal in the US, with more than 4000MW of plants closed or cancelled.
Stephen Lacey

Feb 3, 2012

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