Mining
Big polluters buying political influence
Our major parties are no stranger to receiving support from politically-motivated corporations. A recent report by shareholder activist group Market......
Big Oil, Big Bight – Political Climate
There are five major oil and gas companies currently holding exploration leases in the Great Australian Bight. The leading contender......
Big Oil, Big Bight: The forces that drive it
BP’s proposal to drill for oil in the Great Australian Bight seems at odds with this historic turning point in......
Big Oil, Big Bight Part Four: Environmental Assessment
In a dry dock in South Korea, the world’s most expensive off-shore oil rig is about to set sail for......
Big Oil, Big Bight Part Three: Regulation Secrecy
The offshore oil and gas industry in Australia is regulated by the National Offshore Petroleum Safety and Environmental Management Authority......
Coal giant Peabody posts $2.7 billion Australian loss
The bad news continues for mining giant Peabody Energy with financial statements showing the company’s Australian arm Peabody Australia Holdco......
Newcastle anti coal flotilla stops the boats
Thousands of people protested on Sunday to put climate change on the agenda as Australia heads to an election. Break......
Communities protest gas plans for the Pilliga
Local community members and traditional owners of the Pilliga region in north-west NSW are planning protests at Santos’ Annual General Meeting......
We need more than “pretty words” on climate: Bill McKibben
Less than six months after the Paris Climate Agreement where Australia and the world pledged to keep global warming below......
Indigenous peoples hurt by climate change
Climate change has become a looming threat for Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander peoples and some groups are now taking......