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The Greens Will Support Labor’s Climate Bill But Want More Done To Stop Fossil Fuels

"The Greens have improved a weak climate bill and we will pass it, but the fight to stop Labor's new coal and gas mines continues."

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Custodial deaths, hospitals in India, and more | 5 key charts from week-two of Monsoon Session of Parliament

Here are five charts that visualise some key data tabled in Parliament during the second week of the Monsoon session of Parliament

The Hindu

Australia's Greens back climate law but vow to fight coal, gas projects

Australia's Greens party on Wednesday threw its support behind the government's climate change legislation, clearing the way for a bill enshrining a pledge to cut carbon emissions by 43% by 2030, but said it would oppose new fossil fuel projects.

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Government set to legislate its 43% emissions reduction target after Greens announce support

The government is now assured it will secure its legislation to enshrine its 43% 2030 emissions reduction target, after Greens leader Adam Bandt pledged his party would support it in both houses.

The Conversation

Labor’s climate bill set to pass with support from Greens and Bridget Archer

Adam Bandt says Greens will back legislation but signals further fight on new fossil fuel projects, while the Liberal MP says she’ll cross the floor

The Guardian - AU

Greens play hand on climate change bill

The Greens will vote for the government’s signature emissions reduction target of 43 per cent by 2030, the party’s leader, Adam Bandt, has announced. In

The New Daily

PTT sells Indonesian mines

National oil and gas conglomerate PTT Plc has decided to sell its Indonesian coal mining business for US$471 million as the firm continues to move towards clean energy.

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Malabar Resources seeks 'minor' changes to Maxwell underground near Muswellbrook

Progress on Hunter's newest underground mine, Maxwell

Newcastle Herald

Economy and Society, August 2, 2022: Governor DeSantis bans ESG criteria in state pension fund management

Economy and Society is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

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Greens in ‘powerful position’ on climate as Labor faces scrutiny over Coalition’s ‘gas-fired recovery’ projects

Calls for Labor to review how much of the Morrison government’s pledges towards a ‘gas-fired recovery’ has been spent, contracted or merely promised

The Guardian - AU

PTT sells coal business to Indonesia's Astrindo for $471m

State-owned energy firm PTT Plc said on Tuesday it had agreed to sell its coal unit to Indonesia's PT Astrindo Nusantara Infrastruktur Tbk for $471 million, as the company moves out of the coal business entirely.

Bangkok Post

Assam CM Himanta slams Jharkhand MLA’s ‘fake’ FIR

Information and Public Relations Minister Pijush Hazarika said Himanta Biswa Sarma took Kumar Jaimangal to the residence of Coal Minister Prahlad Joshi for a trade union-related matter

The Hindu

The Greens' climate trigger policy could become law. Experts explain how it could help cut emissions – and why we should be cautious

Australia’s freshly elected parliament is hashing out the details of Labor’s Climate Change Bill, which would enshrine an emissions reduction target into federal law. The Greens have the numbers to block the bill in the Senate, and are likely to seek concessions from Labor in return for their support.

The Conversation

Greens to meet again on Labor climate bill

The Greens will meet on Tuesday night to decide their position on the federal government's climate bill, which will be crucial to its passage.

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Rains hit Singareni coal production badly in July

Production was short by 28.5% against target for the month

France 24

German MP says Colombian open-pit mine hurts local environment amid Berlin’s plans to buy coal

EU countries deprived of Russian energy sources due to Western sanctions over the war in Ukraine are now turning to other suppliers. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz wants to increase coal imports from Colombia, the world's fourth-largest exporter. A member of the German parliament travelled to the country’s northeast to examine…

Newcastle Herald

Renewables the key to energy crisis: AEMO Report

The Australian Energy Market Operator has called for an accelerated shift to wind and solar, supported by batteries, to help drive down skyrocketing power bills.

AAP

Government acts to boost local gas supply

The competition watchdog has forecast a gas shortfall in the east coast market next year if excess supply is exported, leading to action by the government.

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The Guardian - AU

Labor’s climate bill is mostly symbolic - the big questions are about what comes next

In the first of a new weekly column, Guardian Australia’s environment editor argues the Albanese government will be judged on what it actually achieves to tackle climate change

The Guardian - UK

China’s factory activity shrinks amid Covid disruption

Sharpest contraction is in energy-intensive industries, such as petrol, coking coal and ferrous metals

The Times of India

Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel writes to Centre on serious coal crisis in steel industries

RAIPUR: South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL) is supplying only 50 lakh tonnes of coal to steel industries of Chhattisgarh against their demand of 1.50 crore tonnes, creating a gap of 90 lakh tonnes between the demand and supply, said Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel in a letter to Union minister…

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Kentucky Flooding Death Toll Rises to 25

Devastating flooding in Kentucky has killed 25 people and the toll is expected to rise, the southern US state's governor said Saturday, as rescuers and residents continued a harrowing search for survivors. Torrential rain earlier this week caused unprecedented flash flooding in 13 counties in eastern Kentucky, AFP said. Many…

The Independent UK

Floods strike new blow in place that has known hardship

Some people lost everything in the floods that devastated eastern Kentucky, and many didn't have much to begin with

Newcastle Herald

Harbour Lives: Honeysuckle blossoms with buildings by the water

A few decades, it was a lamented stretch of the harbour that looked unloved and was largely unpeopled, but these days residential and commercial buildings are sprouting along the foreshore at Honeysuckle, providing waterfront homes - and a point of debate.

Salon

SCOTUS can't save coal power

Coal was the dominant fuel for U.S. power plants until 2016. It's not coming back

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