24 April 2012, 6.36am AEST A brown-coal export hub? Tell them they’re dreaming! If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride. And if wishes were new technology, then Victoria’s Latrobe Valley would be a mining export hub to rival the Pilbara. But wishes are neither horses nor new technology and Victoria’s Latrobe Valley is not going Continue Reading →
Murray-Darling plan ‘deceptive and misleading’ Posted April 23, 2012 21:01:37 Photo: More criticism: a group of scientists wants the draft Murray Darling Basin plan withdrawn (Robert Cianflone: Getty Images) Related Story: Knowles chips SA over Murray plan reticence Related Story: Report puts value on Murray-Darling draft Related Story: Scientists find groundwater ‘flaw’ in Murray plan Continue Reading →
News 2 new results for DANGER TO US NUCLEAR PLANTS The Fukushima Nuclear Disaster Is Far From OverHuffington PostAfter repeated warnings by former senior Japanese officials, nuclear experts, and now a US Senator, it’s sinking in that the irradiated nuclear fuel stored in spent fuel pools amidst the reactor ruins pose far greater dangers than Continue Reading →
Oil Price Daily News Update The Most Important ‘Unknown’ Story in the World: India’s Economic Slowdown Posted: 20 Apr 2012 03:26 PM PDT Could the Indian slowdown be the most important (but still somewhat neglected) story in the world right now? Vikas Bajaj reports: …the country cannot get enough fuel — principally coal — to run Continue Reading →
On fracking and wind we are having the wrong debates Discussion of climate change and the wider public interest has been jettisoned in the rush to lobby against alternatives Share37 Comments (312) Zoe Williams guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 18 April 2012 20.29 BST Article history Illustration by Matt Kenyon It’s been a big week for alternative energy Continue Reading →
News 2 new results for DANGER TO US NUCLEAR PLANTS Morning letters: Unwise to pull the nuclear-power plugOCRegisterI compliment Sforza for pointing out the power blackout danger if the only two power plants capable of supplying us with affordable energy in southern California are shut down. After the hydroelectric power supplied by Hoover Dam, the Continue Reading →