Developer dumps 166-turbine wind project proposed for Queensland’s Whitsunday region
The 900MW project made it almost all the way through the federal environmental assessment process, but pulled up stumps before seeking state planning permits.
Coal miner cops “substantial penalty” for polluting Blue Mountains waterways
State EPA orders coal mining company to pay major fines and penalties for dumping untreated water into a river near the Blue Mountains World Heritage Area.
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Transgrid’s latest cost blowout raises a key question: What was the point of privatising energy networks?
If the shareholders in network monopolies aren’t prepared to wear the core and highly obvious risks associated with their business, why did we privatise these things in the first place?
Fortescue’s green iron bet in a €300 per tonne iron world
Poor benighted Gerard
I only recently discovered that, like Cory Bernardi in early 20171, Gerard Rennick had been dumped from a winnable seat in the Senate, and had got the hump and attempted, also like Bernardi, unsuccessfully to set up his own party, to try to hang onto his political ‘career’. Rennick, the Queensland Liberal National Party (LNP) senator was dumped from a winnable spot on the party’s Queensland ticket in July 2023 in a preselection punch up.
china is in violation of so-called “free market” principles....
The International Monetary Fund (IMF), one of the chief instruments of global capital, has been calling on China for some time to reorient its economic policies and reduce its reliance on exports, with the implied threat there will be retaliation from other major powers if it does not do so.
curiously, not capitulating........
Iran has not backed down in the face of the increasing US military presence in the Middle East, much to the frustration of President Trump. Meanwhile, there have been further student protests in Iran.
Iran: Trump 'curious' as to why Tehran hasn't 'capitulated'
Locals launch last-ditch legal challenge in bid to stop Marinus Link
A group of locals are appealing a permit issued for the on-shore transmission infrastructure to connect the Marinus Link undersea cable with the Tasmanian grid.
World’s most expensive nuclear power plant blows out again, by €2.5 billion and 12 months
French developer of the troubled Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant says it likely to be delayed by a further 12 months, costing the company an additional €2.5 billion.
Drew Pavlou deported to Australia
Lol, you go girl. Our favorite thorn in the side of the fake left, Drew Pavlou, has been deported back to Australia. Pavlou recently decided to test Billie Eilish’s Grammy Awards statement that “no one is illegal on stolen land.” He joked that, as an illegal immigrant, he would fly to Los Angeles and “occupy”