Publications

This ‘Fact Check’ by Dylan McConnell tests various claims about the high cost of wind-generated power as against coal-generated power.  It cites figures from the Productivity Commission

Lisa Cox reports in the Brisbane Times (22.7.15): ‘Indian mining giant Adani has suspended two major contractors on its Queensland coal project, raising fresh speculation about the

Before the State budget, Rod Campbell of The Australia Institute wrote: ‘The message for the Queensland Government is that if it wants to increase employment through

‘We continue to put fertile farmland under bitumen and McMansions, while compromising agricultural production for open cut coal mining and fracking. Living in a fantasia where

The US Union of Concerned Scientists has provided a report on climate change and US fossil fuel companies. ‘At the (US) federal level, the campaigns described

‘Two climate sceptic MPs have accepted an offer from a group of scientists for a briefing ahead of the release of Australia’s post-2020 emissions targets. But the

‘ExxonMobil, the world’s biggest oil company, knew as early as 1981 of climate change – seven years before it became a public issue, according to a

Craig Froome, in The Conversation (14.7.15), argues that the Clean Energy Finance Corporation was set up to make money  from relatively safe investments – not those

‘Two of the most successful and important forms of renewable energy in Australia are wind and solar. These two industries are absolutely crucial for future climate

‘The $10 billion Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) has been told to stop investing in wind power projects, in a move the Federal Opposition has described

Lisa Cox (Sydney Morning Herald, 5.7.15) writes: ‘Adani’s key lobbying firm is Next Level Strategic Services, led by David Moore and Cameron Milner. After working on the

Joshua Robertson reports in The Guardian (3.7.15) tht the mining company that owns the proposed Acland mine site ‘expects to pay itself most of the royalties from one