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'Good bloke' strategy in full swing, coal debate on mute

Dan Repacholi's re-election slant is vastly different from predecessor Joel Fitzgibbon's.

Newcastle Herald

Environmental groups apply to take Tanya Plibersek to high court over coalmine approvals

Minister should have assessed climate damage that would be caused by two large developments, advocates say

The Guardian - AU

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Bill Shorten’s around-the-world trip to discuss peace in Ukraine and NDIS reform

Bill Shorten, the minister for the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS), is currently in New York at a United Nations conference on the rights of people with disabilities.

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Union says Origin's Eraring coal deal leaves miners with uncertain future

The six-month deal gives Myuna colliery a brief stay of closure.

Newcastle Herald

Known unknowns: controversy over CSIRO’s electricity report reveals an uncomfortable truth

CSIRO’s latest annual GenCost update, released last month, was billed as Australia’s “most comprehensive electricity generation cost report”.

The Conversation

Mexico finds the remains of some of the 63 miners who died 18 years ago

Mexican authorities say they have found the remains of some of the 63 miners who were trapped 18 years ago in a coal mine in northern Mexico

The Independent UK

Global demand for oil could peak soon – NZ’s plan to revive offshore exploration doesn’t add up

This week’s announcement of the government’s plans to reopen New Zealand’s territorial waters to oil drilling comes as no surprise. All three coalition parties campaigned on reversing the 2018 ban on offshore oil exploration.

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New Eraring coal supply deal could leave Hunter miners on thin ice

Sources say the short-term deal could exclude Mandalong mine.

Newcastle Herald

Australia’s power and gas companies want Coalition to retain Labor’s 2030 climate target

Coal and gas-fired power plant owners say interim target an important step to net zero by 2050

The Guardian - AU

New Zealand scraps ‘burp tax’ on livestock after backlash from farmers

Centre-right coalition gov’t says it will focus on ‘practical tools and technology’ to reduce agricultural emissions.

Al Jazeera

No lack of patriotism causing fighting shortfall

Letters and Short Takes: Tuesday, June 11

Newcastle Herald

States at odds over coal royalty revenue, GST cut

Queensland Treasurer Cameron Dick has hit back at his NSW counterpart over a proposed overhaul of coal royalty revenue in GST calculations.

AAP

Pay Dirt: NSW coal jobs hit new record high, export volumes also up

The Hunter's coal industry employed 14,750 people in March.

Newcastle Herald

Climate activists plot next steps in campaign against mine extension plan

Climate activists plan next steps in the campaign against HVO.

Newcastle Herald

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Colombia will suspend coal exports to Israel after Palestinians killed in hostage release operation

Gustavo Petro said on social media that exports will resume "when the genocide" stops

Newcastle Herald

'A valuable resource': Greg Piper throws his weight behind coal ash recycling

About 200 million tonnes of coal ash is dumped across NSW.

The Conversation

In France and Germany, politics – not nationality – dictate energy preferences

Not since 2000 under Jacques Chirac had a French president held a state visit in Germany. It was, therefore, with some anticipation that Chancellor Olaf Scholz greeted his counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, from 26 until 28 May in Berlin, Dresden and Münster, days away from the European elections and in a…

AAP

Winds of fortune: 'Job for life' in former coal regions

A gusty $20 billion in investment will blow in from a mere three offshore wind projects that one team plans to build to help rewire industrial heartlands.

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Former Provincial Legislator Charged of Taking $59.3 Million Bribes

Veteran of the coal industry pleads guilty to accepting bribes and will be sentenced at a later date

LiveScience

Rare-earth elements could be hidden inside coal mines

Rare earth elements are necessary for modern technology, including green energy, but they only come from a few sources around the globe. New research has discovered them hiding in coal mines in the U.S.

Fortune

The Geneva Motor Show is ditching Europe for Qatar as the global jet-set class looks to Asia and the Middle East

Conferences fleeing Europe are the canary in the coal mine for the region's competitiveness crisis.

AAP

Super fund misled consumers through 'greenwashing'

An Australian super fund engaged in "greenwashing" by falsely telling consumers it did not invest in coal mining, oil tar sands, gambling or Russian companies.

Newcastle Herald

Two hundred new Hunter jobs on offer at underground mine

About 75 per cent of the coal will be used for steel making.

AAP

Mining puts enormous koala habitat area at risk: study

Koalas face losing an area of habitat 17,000 times the size of the Gabba if proposed coal mines in central Queensland go ahead, a study says.

Newcastle Herald

Mt Arthur coal mine bullying and damages claim to go ahead in Supreme Court

Claims Mt Arthur failed to properly manage bullying complaints

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