Energy
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Adani coalmine 'covertly funded' by World Bank, says reportThe bank’s private sector arm is accused of subsidising loans that funded the Indian firm’s Queensland exploration bid
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India plans to generate nearly 60% of electricity from renewables by 2027Expansion of solar and wind power will help exceed Paris targets by almost half and negate need for new coal-fired power stations
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Federal resources minister accuses ABC of 'fake news' over Adani coalmineMatt Canavan attacks the broadcaster for being one-sided and says Australia’s biggest coalmine would improve the environment
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Corbyn critic quits as Labour MP, triggering tight byelection raceJamie Reed resigns to take job in nuclear industry, saying he will be able to achieve more for his community in Cumbria
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Barack Obama bans oil and gas drilling in most of Arctic and Atlantic oceansObama uses law that allows presidents to block sale of new offshore drilling and mining rights and makes it difficult for their successors to reverse decision
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Solar cooling systems take heat out of summer’s hottest daysA few Australian businesses are exploiting the searing heat of summer to create purpose-designed solar cooling systems whose benefits extend far beyond electricity savings
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Greg Hunt offers Alcoa new power station in bid to save Portland smelterA station in Victoria’s north-west would reduce the smelter’s vulnerability to outages and could access Clean Energy Finance Corporation funds, Hunt says
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Europe development banks plan £5.5bn backing for gas project ‘with mafia links’A pipeline to bring gas to Europe from central Asia has attracted companies with historic connections to cartels and the mafia, says Bankwatch report
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Transforming waste into fuel with Australian innovations, from tyres to sugar cane and agaveThe emerging biofuel industry is casting the net wide to find solutions to two environmental problems: reducing waste and increasing fuel production
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Offshore oil regulator hires former oil firm boss as head of safety and integrityEnvironmentalists criticise appointment of Derrick O’Keeffe, who spent past four years as Australia manager of Murphy Oil
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Trump picks oil-drilling proponent Rick Perry as energy secretaryPending Senate approval, the former Texas governor will lead a federal department he previously pledged to scrap
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Queensland's largest solar farm plugs into the grid a month earlyThe 20 megawatt plant in Barcaldine is one of first in the country to be funded by Australian Renewable Energy Agency
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Closure of Hazelwood power station to add $78 a year to power billsAustralian Energy Market Commission report finds wholesale energy prices will rise 36% due to shutdown of brown coal-fired generator in Victoria
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The surprising key to viable carbon sequestration: build more highwaysMany innovations aimed at reducing carbon dioxide have been put forward. Now, a California entrepreneur is proposing a more practical solution
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Energy suppliers, business and consumer groups call for climate policy certaintyBusiness Council of Australia, Australian Conservation Foundation and St Vincent de Paul join call for reliable, affordable energy during decarbonisation
BP finally withdraws application to drill for oil in Great Australian Bight