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Bangladesh balances energy needs with climate, conservation

Fish, rice, the river, mangrove trees and the sea

The Independent UK

What's the risk of a blackout if the Callide Power Station goes out in a heatwave?

The Callide Power Station was out of operation for part of a day last week. There's some concern if that were to happen during a heatwave, a blackout could occur.

ABC News

Tuvalu first to call for fossil fuel non-proliferation treaty at Cop27

Pacific islands nation, which is acutely vulnerable to sea level rises, joins nearby Vanuatu in seeking phase-out of coal, oil and gas

The Guardian - UK

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Federal Treasury secretary Stephen Kennedy recommends government intervene in energy market to drop power prices

The federal government's chief economic advisor endorses market intervention to cap or reduce coal and gas prices, warning unusually high company profits are coming at the expense of poorer Australians.

ABC News

Treasury backs energy market intervention

A senior bureaucrat says there's a strong case for intervening in the energy market as the war in Ukraine has caused prices to reach unprecedented highs.

AAP

Who can still buy, sell and burn turf in Ireland? Unusual loophole in new rules is good news for thousands

New laws introduced just last week tighten the rules on burning solid fuels

Irish Mirror

'Dirty' diesel generators may be needed during Perth summer as WA energy crisis deepens

The body that runs Western Australia's biggest power system may have to spend tens of millions of dollars hiring diesel-fired backup generators as part of desperate efforts to keep the power on.

ABC News

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Vietnam struggles to break one of world's biggest coal addictions

Hanoi (AFP) - Despite Vietnam's solar boom and ambitious climate targets, the fast-growing economy is struggling to quit dirty energy -- leaving one of the world's biggest coal power programmes largely intact.

AFP

Coal and gas bosses air concerns over Queensland environmental law changes

Queensland coal and gas producers say notifying the public every time an approved project was changed would be costly and could cause delays.

The New Daily

Qld changes concern coal, gas producers

Changes to Queensland's environmental laws have been criticised by gas and coal producers as a costly imposition of more "green tape".

AAP

Teenagers arrested after climate protest at Whitehaven Coal's Newcastle office

Protesters that busted into the boardroom at Whitehaven Coal's Newcastle office have been arrested after they served a 'cease and desist' order on its plans to build new mines and expand existing ones.

Newcastle Herald

Blackouts UK: What to expect and who would be exempt?

The National Grid warned there could be blackouts on ‘very very cold winter days’

The Independent UK

COP27: Which countries will push to end fossil fuel production? And which won't?

Fossil fuels have provided a crucial source of energy over the past 200 years. But they also account for 75 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, enable massive environmental destruction and support many brutal regimes.

The Conversation

Research: Cutting Coal Offers Significant Health Benefits However Environmental justice Issues Remain

According to a recent study that used data from Texas and nearby states, the most popular methods for cutting greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation also have enough positive effects on health to pay for themselves entirely. Read more on Dynamite News

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The Guardian - AU

No risk of blackouts despite breakdown of ‘old-fashioned’ power station, Queensland minister says

Latest incident at coal-fired power station Callide reignites debate about their future and transition to renewable energy

Tribune News Service

White House defends Biden’s end-of-coal comments Manchin derided

The White House sought to reframe comments by President Joe Biden on closing coal plants as part of a U.S. “energy transition,” responding to harsh criticism by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., days before midterm elections with Democratic congressional majorities at stake.

ABC News

Entire state's power system on the brink as Indian loan to Aussie miner Griffin Coal turns toxic

A giant Indian bank sits behind a slow-moving Australian energy disaster. It's a tale about billion-dollar bets gone terribly wrong, failed international ambitions and a clash of finance cultures.

Tribune News Service

White House defends Biden’s end-of-coal comments Manchin derided

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Manchin slams Biden’s ‘outrageous’ remarks on end of coal

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., called President Joe Biden’s suggestion that U.S. coal plants would shut down “outrageous and divorced from reality,” slamming his fellow Democrat three days before midterm elections where the party’s congressional majorities are at stake.

The Independent UK

Manchin: Biden's coal comments are 'divorced from reality'

President Joe Biden is being criticized by a powerful fellow Democrat, West Virginia Sen_ Joe Manchin, for being "cavalier” and “divorced from reality.”

Axios

Sen. Joe Manchin condemns Biden's "offensive and disgusting" remarks on coal plants

Manchin said Biden's comments "ignore the severe economic pain the American people are feeling because of rising energy costs."

The Independent UK

Winter blackout: What to expect and who would be exempt?

The National Grid warned there could be blackouts on ‘very very cold winter days’

Tribune News Service

Maryland sites are among most polluting coal ash waste dumps in the nation, study finds

BALTIMORE — A coal ash waste dump in Prince George’s County is among the most polluting in the nation, according to a new report from environmental groups.

The Conversation

COP27: a year on from the Glasgow climate pact, the world is burning more fossil fuels than ever

The burning of fossil fuels caused 86% of all CO₂ emissions during the past ten years. Despite being the primary culprits of global heating, coal, oil and gas were barely mentioned in the official texts of previous UN climate change summits.

The Guardian - AU

Tanya Plibersek to reassess 18 proposed oil and gas projects to consider their climate change impact

Queensland environment group had asked federal minister to revisit decisions made going back to 2011

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