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Former US secretary of defence James Schlesinger, the co-chairman of the group writing a report on US oil dependency, said the oil dependence of China and India should be a concern, noting Beijing had already negotiated with rogue and "near-rogue" states such as Iran and Sudan to secure future oil resources, The Australian Financial Review Continue Reading →
EnergyAustralia’s 100% GreenPower accredited product, known as PureEnergy 100, will no longer be offered to residential customers as a green energy tariff from 11 December, 2006. GreenFuture is no longer offered as a green energy tariff. EnergyAustralia’s new green energy tariffs apply to customers who choose one of EnergyAustralia’s green energy options and are supplied Continue Reading →
Sourced from eRisk Potential carbon dioxide storage sites in the Gippsland, Bass or Otway Basins are likely to be well beyond coastal waters and therefore subject primarily to Commonwealth legislative power, says a report to the Australian Greenhouse Office. No suitable sites in NSW: Geological studies have, as yet, found no suitable site for Continue Reading →
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A Greens Senator says the Federal Government should make its intentions clear on whether it will try to override Western Australia’s policy against nuclear mining.
There is further pressure on the State Government to drop its ban on uranium mining after the Commonwealth signed a deal to allow Australian yellowcake to be shipped to China.
Acting Premier Eric Ripper is concerned that a recent High Court decision could allow the Federal Government to force nuclear power on the states.
In November Energy Minister Joe Tripodi claimed that NSW had one of the world’s most reliable energy systems, according to the Daily Telegraph. Mr Tripodi defended the Government’s energy record despite the Nemco report warning NSW faces blackouts at peak times and steep price rises. Mr Tripodi was unable to guarantee that the state would Continue Reading →
In a study published in the December issue of Economic Papers, economist Lynne Chester says that, eight years since the national electricity market was announced formally, it is “national in name only”. She argued the trend actually has been the other way, with a small number of generating companies dominating the areas in which they Continue Reading →