Queensland's Land Court has today rejected a bid by Clive Palmer's Waratah Coal to develop Australia's largest thermal coal mine in the Galilee Basin, in a landmark ruling which took into account the human rights and climate change impacts of the proposal.
Stronger action on climate change and more renewable energy funding are among the key commitments from Victoria's major political parties in the run in to the state election on November 26.
AGL will close its Loy Yang A power plant by the end of FY35, but says its new strategy won't deliver a National Electricity Market that is 1.5-degree aligned.
In a decision that will have important ramifications for BlueScope, South32 today abandoned its second attempt to expand its Dendrobium metallurgical coal mine.
South32 has been asked to identify additional ways to cut greenhouse gas emissions from its proposed Dendrobium mine extension, and it must also provide an independent assessment of the risks to BlueScope if the project doesn't go ahead.
Draft Victorian regulations aim to ensure the closure and rehabilitation of the three massive Latrobe Valley coal mines is properly funded and safely managed.