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Coal use to reach new peak – and remain at near-record levels for years

Spike in fossil fuel use a result of global gas crisis triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

The Guardian - UK

In survival game Rust, Santa Claus doesn't care if you've been good or bad or really, really bad, he still has gifts for you

Hang up a stocking in your base and it'll be filled with goodies by Saint Nick (and no coal, even if you've been naughty).

PC Gamer

Black Doves' real locations: a guide to the thriller's London sites from Regent Sounds to Liberty

The hit Netflix show has spies and shoot-outs galore playing out in iconic spots across the capital

Evening Standard

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Coalition’s nuclear plan will hit Earth with 1.7bn extra tonnes of CO2 before 2050, experts warn

Peter Dutton’s path ‘would be an absolute failure’ in decarbonising the electricity sector and meeting Australia’s emission targets, analyst says

The Guardian - AU

More coal and gas, less renewables: what a nuclear power plan for Australia would really mean

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s plan for nuclear power in Australia has provoked a great deal of discussion and analysis – most of it critical.

The Conversation

The bitter final showdown over British coal, as sun sets on ‘dirtiest fuel’

The county of Cumbria in northern England is the battleground for a war raging over plans to build a new coal mine.

Al Jazeera

The Coalition’s nuclear costings and their rubbery assumptions take us back to being a climate pariah

Despite a clever comms strategy, there are significant credibility issues around the assumptions on which the cost estimates are based

The Guardian - AU

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PM rubbishes Dutton's nuclear energy plan as 'farcical'

Anthony Albanese has poured scorn on Peter Dutton's "farcical" nuclear plan and questioned the Liberal leader's claim it would lead to cheaper energy.

AAP

Never mind that the Coalition’s nuclear proposal is a fantasy – it doesn’t even claim to reduce power bills

Experts and agencies have overwhelmingly deemed the plan not to be credible. And burning more coal and gas in the medium term only leads one way

The Guardian - AU

The Coalition reveals the cost of its nuclear power plan – but the devil is in the missing detail

The Coalition has released long-awaited detail on its nuclear energy policy, claiming its plan to build seven nuclear power stations would be A$263 billion cheaper than Labor’s renewables-only approach.

The Conversation

Afternoon Update: Coalition reveals nuclear costings; Qantas engineers strike; and getting home safely this silly season

Modelling suggests opposition’s nuclear plan would cost $331bn over 25 years, with Dutton claiming it is 44% cheaper than Labor’s renewables transition

The Guardian - AU

The glaring gaps and unanswered questions in the Coalition’s nuclear plan and costings

Peter Dutton’s vision doesn’t address the climate crisis anytime soon and cost savings are based on a comparison with Labor’s proposal that produces 45% more electricity

The Guardian - AU

Coalition unveils nuclear energy policy with renewables

Renewable energy will still make up the majority of Australia's energy grid by 2050 but be firmed up by nuclear power under a controversial coalition plan.

AAP

Peter Dutton says nuclear ‘will make electricity cheaper’ but critics say Coalition costings a ‘fantasy’

Opposition leader spruiks Frontier Economics modelling but Labor insists ‘it won’t pass the pub test’

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The Guardian - AU

Sam Groth quits John Pesutto’s shadow frontbench – as it happened

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AAP

Multi-billion dollar price tag revealed to go nuclear

The federal opposition would make taxpayers fork out the combined equivalent of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg's wealth to set up nuclear reactors.

The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: Dutton’s nuclear policy would have coal-fired power stations operating for a lot longer

A Dutton government would keep coal working hard for much longer under its nuclear policy, while renewables would provide only a little over half the electricity generated in 2050.

The Guardian - AU

‘Not a hope in hell’ nuclear power can replace Australian coal-fired power by 2040, inquiry hears

Energy industry group calls for policy push on faster renewables rollout as ACTU energy adviser says Coalition’s proposal won’t create ‘a single job’

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The Guardian - UK

‘Someone has to stay’: how Ukrainian power plant workers keep the country running

The Guardian visits a Soviet-era coal-fired thermal installation to explore how it has held up to Russian attacks

International Business Times

Indonesia's New Coal Phase-out Goal Sets 'Daunting Task'

Meeting Indonesia's pledge to phase out coal power in just 15 years and reach net-zero emissions by mid-century is a "daunting task" that will require immediate and ambitious action, experts warn.

The Independent UK

Renewable power set to overtake fossil fuels in the UK this year for the first time

The shift is driven largely by a decline in production from coal, gas and oil, as well as growing wind, solar and biomass power

The Conversation

South Africa’s climate battle: mining district exposes gaps in emissions control

In South Africa, the new 2024 Climate Change Act requires local governments to plan responses to global warming. These local authorities should find ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions where possible, such as from their bus services, and reduce their use of electricity that is produced by burning coal. They…

The Guardian - UK

New authority proposed to oversee safety of coal tips in Wales

Planned legislation includes body that would monitor abandoned tips in effort to prevent disasters

The Guardian - AU

The CSIRO pours cold water on the Coalition’s nuclear claims in a new report. Here’s how

Peter Dutton dismisses the latest analysis from the national science agency. Here’s what it says about energy costs – and the opposition’s criticism

The Guardian - AU

CSIRO refutes Coalition case nuclear is cheaper than renewable energy due to operating life

National science agency dismisses argument nuclear’s economics have not been adequately considered in new draft report

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