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Open Cut Coal - destroying human life and the atmosphere, the waters and the earth needed to sustain human life.
"And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth." Rev 11: 18
A growing population cannot derive food or drink from land or waters degraded by Open Cut Coal Mining and Coal Seam Gas Extraction.
- Clean Air, Clean Food, Clean Water,
- Clean Food Security, Clean Water Security, Clean Air Quality,
- Clean Food Chain , Maintenance of Bio-diversity,
- Impact on Native Flora, Fauna and Migratory Bird species,
- Industry Diversity, Economic Dominance, Monopoly,
- Destruction of Agricultural Potential, Social dislocation, Human Infrastructure
- Intergenerational Equity, Sustainability, Operation of the Precautionary Principle .....
NEWS
WAG News
The debt bubble has to burst
Date: 09-Mar-10
Author: Karen Maley
But while the markets continue to party, one dark thought presents itself. What happens if someone looks outside and sees that the real US economy is still in deep trouble? It is plagued by high unemployment, continuing weakness in the housing market, and faces mounting problems in commercial real estate that threaten to further destabilise the banking system.
What happens when the penny drops that massive government spending packages, combined with unprecedented money printing by central banks, have not produced a sustainable economic recovery?
As RBS strategist Bob Janjuah points out in his latest newsletter, the "gap between the fantasy in markets...versus the reality of the real economy/private sector, is already worryingly large, but risks becoming dangerously large." Once again, markets are mispricing risk. In their frantic pursuit of high returns, investors are oblivious to the true risks they're taking.
The conclusion is inevitable; the bubble must burst. And Janjuah fervently hopes that that this happens sooner, rather than later. "The longer we are forced to wait, the bigger the bubble will be and the more horribly damaging the bursting process will be. And if we are forced to wait and the bubble gets anywhere like the one that went pop in late 2007 I have zero idea who will credibly be able to bail us all out the next time round. Certainly not our governments."
Australias coal renaissance
Date: 09-Mar-10
Author: Bernard Keane
Australia is set for a renaissance in coal-fired power, with up to 12 new coal-fired power stations planned across the country. According to information collated by Greenpeace, new coal-fired plants are under construction, planned or proposed in all states except Tasmania.
A tangled web for NSW power
Date: 09-Mar-10
Author: Keith Orchison
Built as coal burners, the new plants would emit between 10 and 12 million tonnes of greenhouse gases a year. A set of state-of-the-art combined cycle gas burners would emit less than half as much carbon dioxide (Australia's coal renaissance, March 8)
Brown & Anor v Coal Mines Australia; Alcorn & Anor v Coal Mines Australia Pty Ltd
Date: 06-Mar-10
Author: Supreme Court NSW
**** A MASSIVE DECISION UPHOLDING LANDHOLDER RIGHTS OVER EXPLORATION **** Ed
Orders:
The decision of the Warden's Court as well as the determination which accompanied it and the interim and final determinations of the arbitrator, be quashed and set aside.
The usual order is that the defendant bears the plaintiffs' costs of the proceedings.
Major Supreme Court win for CCAG and Landowner Rights against Coal Exploration
Date: 06-Mar-10
Author: Dr Pauline Roberts - CCAG
[Congratulations CCAG from Wybong Action Group and Rural Landownersthroughout NSW. Ed.]
WATERSHED DECISION TO HOLD MINERS MORE ACCOUNTABLE
Liverpool Plains farmers win Supreme Court case against BHP Billiton
In a landmark judgment, the NSW Supreme Court today found in favor of two Liverpool Plains farmers who challenged the right of BHP Billiton to enter their farms to explore for coal.
The decision has broad implications for all mining companies seeking access to private land in NSW to conduct exploration and exposes serious deficiencies in the way the current regime deals with environmental protection.
Supreme Court Justice Schmidt ruled that the Chief Mining Warden had erred in a number of ways when, last May, he granted BHP Billiton 'access arrangements' to explore for coal on the properties of the Brown and Alcorn families at Caroona.
Justice Schmidt found the 'access arrangements' had been granted in clear breach of the requirements of NSW Mining Act and, as such, were invalid. She said:
"I order that the decision of the Warden's Court as well as the determination which accompanied it and the interim and final determinations of the arbitrator, be quashed and set aside." (Justice Schmidt - NSW Supreme Court, 5 March 2010)
CCAG spokesman Tim Duddy said: "This is a watershed decision for NSW which will force mining companies to be properly accountable to the environment in a way they've never been required to before."
"It confirms what this community has said from the outset, that is, landholders have been denied fairness and justice in the way 'access agreements' have been imposed on them by the old Mining Warden's Court."
"We welcome this decision and look forward to the NSW Government now reviewing all of the processes governing mining and exploration in this State to ensure the environment and the rights of landholders are no longer treated as less important," Mr Duddy said.
A key component of the Supreme Court decision was the finding that mining companies must inform all landholders - including banks and other mortgagors - that they intend to seek access to specific lands to conduct exploration. Not doing so in relation to the Brown and Alcorn properties represented a breach of the NSW Mining Act.
It is believed to be common practice for mining companies not to notify mortgagors when seeking to enter properties under the Mining Act meaning a large number of other 'access arrangements' currently being used by miners may also now be invalid.
Justice Schmidt also made other important findings related to the conditions which are able to be imposed on mining companies in 'access arrangements' to provide better protection for the environment and rights of landholders.
- THANK YOU TO EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY AND BEYOND, AND IN PARTICULAR THE AUSTRALIAN FARMERS FIGHTING FUND, WHO HAVE SUPPORTED THIS FIGHT FOR OUR CLEAN FOOD AND WATER SUPPLIES.
The CCAG Committee
Network to monitor dust from new Upper Hunter power station
Date: 06-Mar-10
Author: JULIEANNE STRACHAN
Department of Environment and Climate Change would establish a dust monitoring network in the Upper Hunter, to look at whether the community was negatively affected by dust.
"Data is inconclusive as to whether the Upper Hunter has higher rates of respiratory illness than other areas of NSW," she said.
"It's not conclusive."
But Upper Hunter resident Bev Smiles said the station would more likely be run on coal and would contribute to air pollution.
"It will mean on-going devastation of the Hunter Valley and the coalfields to the west in the Gunnedah basin," she said.
"Until we have the air monitoring stations set up we won't have that baseline data but what we do know is that this is doubling the size of the power station.
"If it's coal, then there's known toxic emissions from coal-fired power stations and if it's gas then there's emissions from burning fossil fuels."
New power station approved for Hunter
Date: 06-Mar-10
Author: JULIEANNE STRACHAN
THE Upper Hunter will get another baseload power station, after the NSW Government approved yesterday Macquarie Generation plans for "Bayswater B".
The private sector is expected to build the 2000 megawatt station, now the Government has cleared the way by granting "concept approval" for either gas or coal.
Planning Minister Tony Kelly said yesterday the state would allow new baseload stations at Bayswater, near Muswellbrook, and at Mount Piper, near Lithgow.
"The [Bayswater B] facility will help secure long-term energy supply in NSW and provide a boost to the Hunter economy," Mr Kelly said.
"Up to 1000 construction jobs and around 160 operational jobs could be created."
The station will be built near the existing Bayswater power station.
Mr Kelly said he expected the private sector to lodge its own specific designs for the power station, including fuel source, before approval for construction.
Jerrys Plains Gassed
Date: 06-Mar-10
Author: BY IAN KIRKWOOD INDUSTRIAL REPORTER
A MASSIVE plume of orange dust sent skywards after blasting at the Hunter Valley Operations open-cut coalmine near Jerrys Plains is being investigated by authorities.
The dust plume was seen and photographed on Friday afternoon by Newcastle environmentalist Brian Purdue, who was driving along the Golden Highway at Jerrys Plains when it came into view.
"It seemed pretty enormous to me but I wasn't sure how often this sort of thing happened," Mr Purdue said.
Hunter Valley Operations is owned by the Rio Tinto subsidiary Coal & Allied, and spokeswoman Alison Smith said Friday's incident was "highly unusual".
"A yellow to orange plume is occasionally visible immediately after a blast, but is quickly dispersed by the wind," Ms Smith said.
"The colour comes from the interaction of water with the explosive material, or interaction with some clay material.
"The wind direction was considered prior to firing, but the density of the plume was extremely unusual.
"We have contacted the explosives supplier to help us determine the cause, and to discuss possible mitigation methods to ensure it does not happen again."
Dust and blasting noise have been major points of dispute between the coal industry and Hunter Valley horse studs.
Henry Plumptre, the managing director of Darley Australia, said the photograph was "unusual" but "dust from the spoil piles and the pits themselves are a daily occurrence".
"Flying in from Sydney the dust is particularly noticeable close to Muswellbrook," Mr Plumptre said.
Judge who criticised Labor refused court job
Date: 06-Mar-10
Author: Joel Gibson
THE career of a judge who criticised NSW Labor's dealings with donor developers is hanging in the balance after the government knocked back a request from the state's Chief Justice for him to work in the Supreme Court's short-staffed equity division.
The Attorney-General, John Hatzistergos, is refusing to explain why Justice David Lloyd's commission was rejected.
But the opposition says it appears to be political payback against a public servant who held the government to account.
Justice Lloyd angered the government last year when he described its secret negotiations over the state's biggest housing development as a ''land bribe''.
He ruled that the former planning minister Frank Sartor was biased when he approved projects for the Rose Group, an ALP donor, in Catherine Hill Bay and Gwandalan because he had agreed to look kindly upon them in exchange for 300 hectares of conservation land.
Experts undervalue the environment: Henry
Date: 06-Mar-10
Author: Peter Martin
THE Treasury boss Ken Henry has taken a swipe at the work of his own department and that of others on valuing the environment, saying much of it is flawed and fails to give proper weight to retaining Australia's unique biodiversity.
Fresh from producing the as-yet-unreleased Henry Tax Review and amid preparations for this year's budget, Dr Henry told an environment conference in Sydney that the part of his intergenerational report that had received the least attention was the section on environmental sustainability.
But not only did the wellbeing of future generations depend on the resources left to them by this generation, the environment was likely to become more important to them than it was to us.
Coal or Agriculture- ABC Radio - Nikki Williams propaganda
Date: 06-Mar-10
Author: 2BL - 702 - ABC
Coal or Agriculture- ABC Radio - Nikki Williams propaganda
WalMarts carbon ultimatum
Date: 04-Mar-10
Author: Giles Parkinson
Last week, the world's largest retailer, WalMart, laid down a challenge to its more than 100,000 suppliers around the world: it told them it intends to cut 20 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions from its supply chain within five years....
Woolworths has committed to cutting its emissions from stores and distribution centres by 40 per cent below business as usual by 2015, and by 25 per cent on a per square metre measure....
Bunnings has declared it will be "carbon neutral" by 2015, which it will achieve by cutting energy usage, trialling microgeneration of wind and solar on its rooftops, buying renewable energy and considering carbon offsets,....
Cars just got cleaner and faster
Date: 04-Mar-10
Author: Paul Gilding
....You could also have a car that plugs into the grid when you're not driving it. This means when the power is cheap because demand is low you will be able to charge your car. When there is high demand and power is expensive you can sell it back to the grid and make a profit. So your car effectively becomes a power station and you become a mini power company. An additional benefit of this is that the car fleet acts as a giant battery, enabling storage of intermittent renewables like solar PV and wind power.
By the way, they are also dramatically cheaper to run because electricity is so efficient at energy conversion....
when people come to believe that the electric car is going to be the clear winner, they will suddenly realise their old petrol car will have close to zero resale value within a few years. At that point there will be a rush to go electric, to avoid the inevitable price collapse in second hand petrol cars. This will of course be self-reinforcing when it takes off.
Of course we can't be sure which technologies, business models and companies will succeed. What we can now safely accept however is that with so many people and so much money focused on making this work, the time has clearly arrived when the internal combustion engine is heading for a rapid sunset.
Let your mind run over the implications of that for the oil industry and peak oil.
Mines and power go together to destroy Australia
Date: 04-Mar-10
Author: Keith Orchison
Regulation of residential retail power bills covers 28 percent of electricity supply in some States, it points out, and is "at or below" the cost of production. "This raises the question of possible cross-subsidies which could ultimately distort expansion and upgrade decisions and represent a significant chill on (power) investment."
On business as usual projections, Australia will need to increase its electricity generation by around 13,000 to 15,000 MW - above the existing 45,000 MW capacity - by 2020, the council says, at a cost of at least a billion dollars for each gigawatt (1,000 MW). "Yet the retail price structure for a significant share of the customer base is capped. It is difficult to see how the necessary investment will emerge without reforms to current arrangements.".... [If the mongrel bastards want the community to shell up for their power then let them provide the community FREE electricity - after all they don't share their profits with anyone but the greedy shareholders. Ed]
Scientists Call for Moratorium
Date: 04-Mar-10
Author: ScienceDaily (Jan. 8, 2010)
The authors -- hydrologists, ecologists and engineers -- are internationally recognized scientists, including several members of the National Academy of Sciences. They argue that the U.S. should take a global leadership role on the issue, as surface mining in many developing countries is expected to grow extensively in the next decade.
"The scientific evidence of the severe environmental and human impacts from mountaintop mining is strong and irrefutable," says lead author Dr. Margaret Palmer of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science and University of Maryland, College Park. "Its impacts are pervasive and long lasting and there is no evidence that any mitigation practices successfully reverse the damage it causes."
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04-Mar-10 - Chronic Illness Linked To Coal-Mining Pollution, Study Shows
04-Mar-10 - Power station plans spark pollution fears
04-Mar-10 - Were dealing to coal addicts: Hansen
04-Mar-10 - 500 jobs in Xstratas Ravensworth coalmine expansion plan
03-Mar-10 - Hunter Valley coalmining town seeks a fairer go
03-Mar-10 - Rudd should fear the swing
01-Mar-10 - Push for the Coal Industry to move to short term pricing gaining momentum
01-Mar-10 - Why NuCoal is on tracks for success
01-Mar-10 - CEO PULSE: Carbon confidence
28-Feb-10 - Tahmoor mine wrangle continues
28-Feb-10 - Prepare for catastrophic climate change
28-Feb-10 - Is Xstrata Australia trading while insolvent?
24-Feb-10 - Policy by the seat of their (KRudds) pants. Its got to be bad
22-Feb-10 - Xstrata faces prosecution on lead levels
21-Feb-10 - Xstrata denies exceeding lead levels
21-Feb-10 - Blood tests urged for Mt Isa children
21-Feb-10 - Bill Gates unleashes fireflies on audience
21-Feb-10 - Loader plans for coal boom at Kooragang
20-Feb-10 - Qld may sue Xstrata over lead levels
20-Feb-10 - Qld govt set to sue Xstrata over lead levels
20-Feb-10 - Xstrata Must Explain Excessive Mt. Isa Lead Emissions
20-Feb-10 - PM rattled in psychological battle
19-Feb-10 - Powerless: electricity sale stalls
19-Feb-10 - Pollie power shock
19-Feb-10 - Beijings debt offensive
19-Feb-10 - Flooding keeps coal mine closed
19-Feb-10 - Big miners dig in against resource tax
19-Feb-10 - Strikes persist at Xstratas Tahmoor coal mine
19-Feb-10 - Rudds wind problem
16-Feb-10 - Telstra must rethink its NBN strategy
16-Feb-10 - Support Tahmoor miners!
16-Feb-10 - More unrest likely in Xstrata row
16-Feb-10 - AUSTRALIA could move to 100 per cent renewable energy within a decade
16-Feb-10 - Xstrata Tahmoor Lockout
15-Feb-10 - Xstratas big boss with bigger ambitions - Satan incarnate
15-Feb-10 - European shares end winning run on China pressure
14-Feb-10 - Closure of Kidd Met to impact 4,400 jobs, $158M in tax revenue
14-Feb-10 - Mining Xstrata reports 41% drop in net profit
14-Feb-10 - Far-reaching welfare reform quarantined from evidence
14-Feb-10 - Online protest
14-Feb-10 - Young and desperate join aid queue
14-Feb-10 - Xstrata miners lockout an ugly tactic
13-Feb-10 - Canadian union calls for government to make Xstrata divest assets in Timmins
13-Feb-10 - Development destroying Kooragang Wetland - Birds nowhere to be seen
12-Feb-10 - Krudd ends preference to Australian workers
12-Feb-10 - How to crush an export boom
12-Feb-10 - The great reckoning begins
12-Feb-10 - Morale high on Tahmoor picket line
12-Feb-10 - Basic skills lacking
12-Feb-10 - $2260 a week ... and theres overtime
12-Feb-10 - Wanker Conroy thinks we should have the same human rights as China
12-Feb-10 - Garrett accused of industrial manslaughter
12-Feb-10 - QLD moves to conserve cropping land
12-Feb-10 - Two North Queensland mines charged
12-Feb-10 - Palmer admits errors over coal deal
12-Feb-10 - Palmers faux pas
12-Feb-10 - Mangoola project on budget and on schedule,
12-Feb-10 - Xstrata says commodities boom ahead; profits down 41%
12-Feb-10 - Miners locked out of Tahmoor Colliery
12-Feb-10 - Gloom mining towns are boom towns thanks to housing frenzy
06-Feb-10 - Demand: No New Coal in NSW ! ACT NOW !!!!!
06-Feb-10 - Gas game changer
06-Feb-10 - Government interference is hurting farmers
06-Feb-10 - Inching towards a trade war
06-Feb-10 - Labor and Liberal both in denial on climate
06-Feb-10 - Abbotts great big axe
03-Feb-10 - Two great wealth destroyers
03-Feb-10 - Request for traffic plan
03-Feb-10 - Coal fired Power KILLS
02-Feb-10 - Action urged over high Hunter cancer death rates
02-Feb-10 - Closing Coal-Fired Power Plants Improves Cognitive Development Of Children
02-Feb-10 - Childrens IQ Can Be Affected By Mothers Exposure To Urban Air Pollutants
02-Feb-10 - ONE in three Muswellbrook children have serious developmental problems by the time they enter school
02-Feb-10 - Xstrata in $15bn Queensland coalmine bonanza
02-Feb-10 - Rudd short changes the regions on broadband, says Governments own expert
02-Feb-10 - Hunter coal leads to moon and back
02-Feb-10 - Hunters coal industry ravages landscape
02-Feb-10 - Hunter air quality monitoring criticised
02-Feb-10 - Hunter coal activists fined over rail protests
01-Feb-10 - Mining threat to swamps and rock art
30-Jan-10 - Anti-Coal Protesters Fined
30-Jan-10 - Union claims win over Xstrata redundancies
30-Jan-10 - Win for sacked Ulan workers
29-Jan-10 - WAKE UP AUSTRALIA: The fear over Chinas growth
29-Jan-10 - WAKE UP AUSTRALIA: Chinas wings are clipped
29-Jan-10 - Coal Industrys Future Looking Murky
29-Jan-10 - WAKE UP AUSTRALIA: Fix the China relationship
29-Jan-10 - WAKE UP AUSTRALIA: Learning the China-Africa lesson
29-Jan-10 - WAKE UP AUSTRALIA: Sating Chinas hunger
29-Jan-10 - Tax changes threaten miner profits
29-Jan-10 - Misguided power
28-Jan-10 - Residents dig in against mining in Lake Macquarie
28-Jan-10 - Muswellbrook council attacks mine approval decision
28-Jan-10 - Muswellbrook council told of traffic travelling to Anvil Hill
28-Jan-10 - Mining companys river diversion a scar
28-Jan-10 - Taking the heat off coal
28-Jan-10 - What does the Aussie mining tax really mean
28-Jan-10 - Fatality raises questions
28-Jan-10 - Anvil Hill mine work halted amid approval doubts
28-Jan-10 - Mine Unions in Australia, Canada Reject Xstratas Job Cuts
28-Jan-10 - Strike to force negotiations
28-Jan-10 - Cracks in the China story
28-Jan-10 - Wybong action group has called for more enquiries following this months Mangoola fatality.
28-Jan-10 - Another GFC is coming
28-Jan-10 - Xstrata needs to take more responsibility from last weeks road fatality at Mangoola
28-Jan-10 - Xstrata tells suppliers to cut prices 20% or lose contracts
28-Jan-10 - Rising demand to push coal prices
28-Jan-10 - Locked out miners protest
28-Jan-10 - Xstrata orders workers off job in Australia
28-Jan-10 - Action urged over high Hunter cancer death rates
19-Jan-10 - Hunter air quality monitoring criticised
19-Jan-10 - Abbott the eco worrier
18-Jan-10 - Muswellbrook council told of traffic travelling to Anvil Hill
15-Jan-10 - Wybong residents anger over fatal smash
15-Jan-10 - Consumerism overhaul needed to avoid ecological collapse
14-Jan-10 - Surreal asset inflation
14-Jan-10 - Broadband billions left hanging as wireless bites back
13-Jan-10 - A pivotal year for coal-seam gas
12-Jan-10 - Muswellbrook Shire Council withdraws Anvil Hill mine support after crash
12-Jan-10 - The five threats to China
12-Jan-10 - Lost property: home in deed but not in fact
10-Jan-10 - Country pays a high price
10-Jan-10 - Maritime workers striking for 30% pay rise over 3 yrs... Lets all get one!
09-Jan-10 - Local population of endangered bird cut by half
09-Jan-10 - Fatal motor vehicle crash - Wybong
08-Jan-10 - Chinas house of cards
08-Jan-10 - US financial crisis far from over, economists say
06-Jan-10 - Designing a Stove to Save Millions
06-Jan-10 - Xstrata prepared to tackle overflow contamination
06-Jan-10 - Is that hot enough?
06-Jan-10 - China the one to watch, and worry about
06-Jan-10 - Global warming continuing
06-Jan-10 - Griffin Coal enters administration
04-Jan-10 - China introduces law to boost renewable energy
30-Dec-09 - Food security - consigned to Australian history
28-Dec-09 - Nation must embrace atmospheric carbon reduction
23-Dec-09 - Tahmoor miners to march
22-Dec-09 - Govt under pressure over ETS
22-Dec-09 - Protesters stop trains to main Australian coal port: Assaults by SOG Police...
21-Dec-09 - Rudd fails on climate change
21-Dec-09 - COPENHAGEN CALLING: Is this the end?
21-Dec-09 - Rudds the biggest loser
21-Dec-09 - Chinas carbon camp is calling
21-Dec-09 - Protesters stop trains to main Australian coal port
21-Dec-09 - Rudds green credentials a lot of hot air
21-Dec-09 - Venezuelan Presidents Speech on Climate Change in Copenhagen
21-Dec-09 - Xstrata, a multi-national mining firm, knew full well that it would eventually be shutting down the Met Site and had that in mind when the purchase went through three years ago.
20-Dec-09 - The Copenhagen Accord: a deal far from perfect
20-Dec-09 - Abbott condemns PM as mouse that roared
20-Dec-09 - Lack of coal buyer stalls mine
20-Dec-09 - Copenhagen Negotiators Bicker and Filibuster While the Biosphere Burns
20-Dec-09 - Last Planned Coal Plant in Florida Cancelled
20-Dec-09 - Acidic oceans threaten marine life
15-Dec-09 - Speculators at it again. Get ready for GFC II + Climate Crisis
15-Dec-09 - Wybong property home to array of wildlife
15-Dec-09 - Approved Conservation Advice for Prasophyllum sp. Wybong (C. Phelps ORG 5269) (a leek orchid)
15-Dec-09 - Keneally rules out ban on new coal-fired power generators
12-Dec-09 - China rejects Rudds draft climate deal
12-Dec-09 - Balaclava Island Queensland - Next on Xstratas Hit List
11-Dec-09 - Xstrata presses on with Balaclava Island proposal
11-Dec-09 - Upper Hunter anger over coal royalties
11-Dec-09 - Rudd will make a carbon copy
10-Dec-09 - News of shutdown rocks business community
10-Dec-09 - No Slowdown of Global Warming, Agency Says
10-Dec-09 - The NBN solution was there all along
10-Dec-09 - Tahmoor coalminers continue their fight against Xstrata Coal
10-Dec-09 - Xstrata Tahmoor strike
04-Dec-09 - What constitutes success in Copenhagen?
04-Dec-09 - what we are doing is lowering our standard of living, which will increase the crime rates in our cities
04-Dec-09 - Copenhagen climate change talks must fail, says top scientist
04-Dec-09 - Scientist quits CSIRO amid censorship claims
04-Dec-09 - Why Barnaby said thank you to Penny
02-Dec-09 - Xstrata Coals Tahmoor mine workers walk off the job
02-Dec-09 - Power bills may rise 60 per cent after ETS starts
01-Dec-09 - What ignoring Kyoto has cost us
01-Dec-09 - Xtrata buys up Hunter farmland
30-Nov-09 - Australia Newcastle Thermal Coal Declines 1.5 Percent to $81.03
30-Nov-09 - The carbon horror show
30-Nov-09 - Conroys wireless problem
30-Nov-09 - Telstras NBN killer
30-Nov-09 - Coal miners still whinging
30-Nov-09 - Krudds ETS opens the prospect of liability to power barons in the billions
30-Nov-09 - China commits to carbon cuts
27-Nov-09 - Rivers, dams fail Lachlan Valley towns
26-Nov-09 - Dirty business: polluters set to reap rewards - transfer of wealth from households to polluters.
26-Nov-09 - Chinese Nimbys hit the tweets in environmental protest
25-Nov-09 - Too late for safe levels of carbon emissions
24-Nov-09 - Wetlands disaster at the mouth of the Murray
23-Nov-09 - Top scientists join calls to save threatened red gum forests
23-Nov-09 - Japanese & Asian Deflation may lead to double dip GFC
22-Nov-09 - Xstrata winds up public scoping
22-Nov-09 - Power surges as Hunter residents swelter
22-Nov-09 - illness may increase with global warming, researchers at Harvard Medical School say.
22-Nov-09 - Hot and bothered as state scorches
22-Nov-09 - Xstratas plans to extend the Ulan Coal Mines lifespan by 21 years and double its annual production to 20 million tonnes.
21-Nov-09 - Crazy over carbon
21-Nov-09 - NBN speed hump
21-Nov-09 - Goninan Secures A$108 Million In New Orders From Xstrata Coal
19-Nov-09 - Industry in jeopardy
19-Nov-09 - Rudds will
19-Nov-09 - Burning billions to achieve nothing
19-Nov-09 - Rethinking the Murrays massive water loss
19-Nov-09 - People v power station as water levels plunge
19-Nov-09 - Mothers launch legal action against mining firm and state over lead levels
16-Nov-09 - A shamed nation turns a blind eye
16-Nov-09 - 12-YEAR-OLD Aboriginal boy, no prior convictions, in childrens court charged with receiving a stolen Freddo frog.
16-Nov-09 - Megalomaniac Mick Davis strips Xstrata profits to line own pocket
15-Nov-09 - Aborigines concerned about zinc mines impact: Xstrata breaching licence
15-Nov-09 - Why China wont save the world
13-Nov-09 - Ripe for the bidding
13-Nov-09 - Sacked miners face long wait
13-Nov-09 - Damning report card for McArthur River Mine
13-Nov-09 - US$2bn Xstrata Tampakan mining project raided and torched.
12-Nov-09 - Miner wounded in ambush in Davao
12-Nov-09 - Rudds debatable legacy
10-Nov-09 - Energy companies seek up to $10bn for clean gas power plants
10-Nov-09 - A double shock for Australia
10-Nov-09 - Will Rudd pull the trigger?
09-Nov-09 - Bottlenecks choking recovery
07-Nov-09 - Get real on nuclear power: General Peter Cosgrove
07-Nov-09 - Eight inch wide, 3 metre deep Cracks in Camberwell Common
07-Nov-09 - Ballina will eventually need levees and pumps to keep the sea at bay
07-Nov-09 - rare flora and fauna force change of plan
07-Nov-09 - Ad campaign aims to crush emissions trading plan
07-Nov-09 - Climate war gets personal
07-Nov-09 - Sea-level building policy riles developers
06-Nov-09 - Revealed: polluters fear tactics on climate
06-Nov-09 - Aboriginal poverty getting worse - Pilger
06-Nov-09 - Carbon trading in the dollar doldrums
05-Nov-09 - ETS costs hidden until last minute
05-Nov-09 - Climate expert Clive Spash heavied by CSIRO management
05-Nov-09 - Hopes hit by high tide
05-Nov-09 - End of the Australian dream
04-Nov-09 - A miner complaint
03-Nov-09 - Lead-mining: the ugly truth about Mount Isa
03-Nov-09 - Aussie oil spill hits Indonesia
03-Nov-09 - Henrys tax plan mustnt ignore natures backlash
03-Nov-09 - "Profitable" ETS scheme would now cost taxpayers $2.5 billion by 2020
03-Nov-09 - Broadly speaking, 100 megabits a second may not help us
03-Nov-09 - Strike action looms at Xstrata Tahmoor coal mine
02-Nov-09 - Leaking PTTEP oil rig in Timor Sea on fire
01-Nov-09 - Surging dollar hits chance of deal on ETS
31-Oct-09 - Toll rises as sea life feed at oil spill
31-Oct-09 - NT intervention failing to make a difference
31-Oct-09 - Carbon déjà vu, all over again
31-Oct-09 - Low-carbon jobs opportunity, Newcastle forum told
29-Oct-09 - Clean coal strategy not viable for 20 years
29-Oct-09 - Hefty bill to come from clean coal power
29-Oct-09 - 25 million climate refugees by 2050
27-Oct-09 - emissions treaty failure
27-Oct-09 - Flood risk multiplies as the seas rise
27-Oct-09 - Another sting in the tail of mosquito-borne viruses
27-Oct-09 - Coalmine canaries face extinction in fatal trap
27-Oct-09 - Rising seas may mean coastal development ban
27-Oct-09 - Mining decision minister acted outside powers
26-Oct-09 - Xstrata accelerates plans for coal port
25-Oct-09 - Church spurns overture from mining firm
25-Oct-09 - Xstrata agrees to USD 75 a tonne
25-Oct-09 - Xstrata continues river clean-up
25-Oct-09 - Xstrata announces no intention to make an offer for Anglo American
25-Oct-09 - What you do not know about Vale and Xstrata
25-Oct-09 - Either BHP or Xstrata is wrong
25-Oct-09 - Obama puts the case for alternatives to fossil fuels
25-Oct-09 - Greens agree that Coal-Air is not good enough
25-Oct-09 - Muswellbrook Air Quality Con.... Suddenly the coal companies will supply their data
25-Oct-09 - Coal ship pilots want $800 pw pay rise
25-Oct-09 - Freightliner inks 10 year pact with Xstrata Coal
05-Oct-09 - Xstrata given "Put Up or Shut Up" deadline for Anglo American offer
03-Oct-09 - Xstrata Coal has lodged plans for a super pit
03-Oct-09 - (For General Interest) Israeli Scientists Prove DNA Evidence Can Be Faked
02-Oct-09 - Coal firms advertisements hit emissions plan
29-Sep-09 - Boy, 10, on armed robbery charge in Muswellbrook
29-Sep-09 - Australias population fairytale - Krudds Deception
29-Sep-09 - Xstrata refuses to accept responsibility for greenhouse gas emissions
26-Sep-09 - Xstrata shunts Asciano with its own trains
26-Sep-09 - Coal bosses accused of toying with jobs: Xstrata & Friends Duplicitious Lying Scaremongering
23-Sep-09 - Union warning over coal deal
19-Sep-09 - Feds are burning: Garretts the word
19-Sep-09 - Xstrata says on track for 2016 start of Tampakan project
19-Sep-09 - coal row: Xstrata
19-Sep-09 - Big delays in green loan scheme
16-Sep-09 - Xstrata not swayed by strike action at NSW Hunter Valley mine
16-Sep-09 - Xstrata Coal rejects "job security clause"
16-Sep-09 - xstrata miners on strike
16-Sep-09 - World Bank tells rich to pay their climate damage bill
16-Sep-09 - Global warming opens Atlantic gateway
14-Sep-09 - Australian economy not ready for climate deal
14-Sep-09 - Nation ill-equipped for green future
14-Sep-09 - Xstrata says no to strikers demands
12-Sep-09 - Miners set to strike
12-Sep-09 - Justice is with the coal protesters - Professor Clive Hamilton draws on UK case
12-Sep-09 - Nicolas Sarkozys France to tax carbon pollution
12-Sep-09 - Well sue on Murray River: Mike Rann
12-Sep-09 - Push for maverick techniques to restore landscape
12-Sep-09 - Officials ignored lead risks
12-Sep-09 - AIR pollution in Lake Macquarie as bad as the Upper Hunter
07-Sep-09 - Asthma toll on increase: DOUBLE STATE AVERAGES
03-Sep-09 - Shock shutdown of coal loader quota system
03-Sep-09 - Krudd, Garret & Xstrata sentence Great Barrier Reef to death
03-Sep-09 - Xtstrata left with "An Unenforceable Right" to export Mangoola via NCIG
28-Aug-09 - Skellatar Stock Route Miners Village (for Mangoola Mine) Rejected by Court
28-Aug-09 - Hundreds of Ulan coal miners, families and retrenched workers stage demonstration in Mudgee.
28-Aug-09 - Coal Rally Ending as China Shuns Imports, Opens Mines
26-Aug-09 - Xstrata thinks the Chinese will keep on importing coal at an increasing rate
26-Aug-09 - 20yo dies at Xstrata NT mine
26-Aug-09 - Xstrata response to climate change and increasing costs
26-Aug-09 - Xstrata- Its all about one psychopaths need for power and the ongoing acquisition of it.
23-Aug-09 - Xstrata criticises investment barriers
22-Aug-09 - Government should show support for coal: Xstrata says with forked tongue
20-Aug-09 - Centennial appeals Court decision forcing Xstrata access to 2nd coal loader for Mangoola Coal.
20-Aug-09 - Anglo investors say Xstrata deal dead
20-Aug-09 - Xstrata injects billions into Hunter Valley projects
20-Aug-09 - More job cuts at Ulan mine
20-Aug-09 - Chance of class action against NSW Government over coalmining in Upper Hunter
17-Aug-09 - Foreign hands all over Hunter mines
17-Aug-09 - Help Bob Brown talk to Australia about climate change
17-Aug-09 - NSW Nats will strike a balance on mining, agriculture and community: Humphries
17-Aug-09 - Mangoola Coal - Nowhere to go ! - Centennial & NCIG have berths all tied up.
13-Aug-09 - Ormet files layoff notice for all workers
04-Aug-09 - BREAKFAST DEALS: What Crean didnt hear
04-Aug-09 - Anglo squares up to Xstrata
04-Aug-09 - Xstrata coal announces job cuts
04-Aug-09 - Xstrata-cuts-workforces-at-australian-mines
04-Aug-09 - Miner in hospital after cement truck accident
04-Aug-09 - Xstrata to restart Oaky coking coal mine
04-Aug-09 - Pacific National hooks up with Xstrata for a billion dollar decade
04-Aug-09 - Australia one of worst animal destroyers
29-Jul-09 - China hit with plummeting exports
11-Jul-09 - Hunter coalmine closures possible
11-Jul-09 - Chinas nuclear plans power uranium
11-Jul-09 - Coal exports to China may fall as prices, shipping rates rise
11-Jul-09 - Tim Flannery backs carbon store
11-Jul-09 - Coalition urges carbon credits for farmers
11-Jul-09 - Climate change is shrinking sheep
11-Jul-09 - Arctic sea ice cover shrinks greatly
11-Jul-09 - Australian shot dead in Indonesias Papua region
11-Jul-09 - PM undermines hopes for global climate deal
11-Jul-09 - El Nino
11-Jul-09 - Climate warriors march
11-Jul-09 - Anglo names chairman to lead Xstrata defense
11-Jul-09 - South Africa: Xstratas Plans for Anglo Remain a Worry
11-Jul-09 - Historical mines pose low health risk
11-Jul-09 - Dont keep residents in dark on Cobbora Coalfield issue: Gay/Humphries
02-Jul-09 - South African miners move to stop Xstrata and Anglo deal
02-Jul-09 - South Africa retains mining merger concerns
02-Jul-09 - Even all-share Xstrata-Anglo merger may be credit negative - Fitch
02-Jul-09 - Xstrata green light for Tampakan Copper-Gold
02-Jul-09 - Xstrata to study Philippines copper/gold project
02-Jul-09 - In the drink: go-ahead for mining under citys water supply
26-Jun-09 - Minerals boom powered huge rise in carbon emissions
26-Jun-09 - Is Xstratas Davis taking the Mick?
25-Jun-09 - Xstrata Courts Anglo American, Does This Merger Make Sense?
25-Jun-09 - SAfrica says possible Anglo merger "unacceptable"
25-Jun-09 - Anglo spurns Xstratas offer
25-Jun-09 - Coal stocks moving north but well south of yesteryear
22-Jun-09 - Xstrata Proposes Merger With Anglo American - Update
22-Jun-09 - Climate change is happening here, now: US report
19-Jun-09 - Half-truths on carbon emissions
19-Jun-09 - Report shows north-west mining slump
19-Jun-09 - Traders are predicting a major acquisition by BHP
19-Jun-09 - Labor knew about toxic water threat
19-Jun-09 - Santos, Petronas strikes Gladstone LNG sales agreement
18-Jun-09 - Toxic metals threat
18-Jun-09 - Climate change groups urge Australia probe
16-Jun-09 - Big Business breaches Trade Practices Act with duplicitous climate change cost claims
15-Jun-09 - Coal group coy about port exposure to rising seas
15-Jun-09 - Labor lays energy trap for Opposition
15-Jun-09 - Council Rate Increase Scandal
14-Jun-09 - Council wants feedback on logo
14-Jun-09 - No electoral investigation
14-Jun-09 - Residents not happy with roads
14-Jun-09 - China eyes 20% renewable energy by 2020
13-Jun-09 - Chinas economy transforming in green revolution
13-Jun-09 - Climate change talks need to change
13-Jun-09 - Backflip on linking renewable energy to passing of ETS
13-Jun-09 - Climate progress raises pressure for 15pc cut
13-Jun-09 - 220 jobs to go as Singleton mine closes
13-Jun-09 - Zero-carbon boffins aim to have us renewable-ready by 2020
13-Jun-09 - Australia demands bushfire exemption in carbon treaty
13-Jun-09 - Sensors too old to check ice
13-Jun-09 - Beachfront residents on own against sea rise
13-Jun-09 - Why 700,000 addresses face being washed off map
13-Jun-09 - Activists call for green jobs
13-Jun-09 - Xstrata mine closure?
12-Jun-09 - Queensland Inspectorate investigates fatality
10-Jun-09 - Carbon emissions must start falling in 2015
08-Jun-09 - Gloucester farmers protest mining plans
08-Jun-09 - Xstrata halts an Australia zinc mine after man dies
08-Jun-09 - Caroona Coal Mine Wardens Decision
07-Jun-09 - Land use war: two tribes dig in
06-Jun-09 - AGL drilling to go on in Hunter
06-Jun-09 - Scientists warn acid is killing oceans
02-Jun-09 - NSW Premier jeered in Newcastle
30-May-09 - China embarks on massive solar power push
28-May-09 - Criticised monitoring company hired by Xstrata
27-May-09 - Port in equation for LNG complex
25-May-09 - Were sunk if commodity prices fall
25-May-09 - Renewable energys 26,000 new jobs
25-May-09 - Claim Carbon scheme to cost coal debunked by union
24-May-09 - Emissions schemes $6bn boost to economy
24-May-09 - Climate activists shut down Hazelwood digger
22-May-09 - Warden upholds coalmining plan
22-May-09 - Insurer blames climate change
22-May-09 - Worker dies in Qld mining accident
21-May-09 - Salt water dilemma behind a gas bonanza
18-May-09 - Climate change could kill Coral Triangle
17-May-09 - $60b super waste worry
17-May-09 - Carbon capture schemes an expensive step into the unknown
16-May-09 - Dramatic climate protest at Federal Parliament, eight arrested
13-May-09 - Coal & Allieds Hunter Valley mine operation extended
08-May-09 - Xstrata to consult shareholders on protest AGM vote
08-May-09 - Mount Isas lead levels exceed standard
08-May-09 - Wowser-in-Chief
08-May-09 - Warming - its a health hazard
07-May-09 - Climate deal will depend on others, so why not call Rudd and Wongs bluff?
07-May-09 - Emissions trading delayed by a year
04-May-09 - Power bills up $75 - and more to come
01-May-09 - Dear coal plants, youre doomed
01-May-09 - Big polluters win exemption from renewable energy
01-May-09 - Economy in deeper mire than forecast
30-Apr-09 - China set to pass U.S. in wind-power growth
28-Apr-09 - We admit our past mistakes, says Clinton on climate change
28-Apr-09 - Warrant of arrest out for masterminds of Billanes murder
28-Apr-09 - Palparans legacy lives on in Mindanao
28-Apr-09 - Children suffer as parents tossed out of work
27-Apr-09 - Labor turns its back on regional Australia
25-Apr-09 - G8 and poor nations vow to tackle species loss
25-Apr-09 - Britain aims to cut emissions 34%
24-Apr-09 - Coal burning must end, says scientist
24-Apr-09 - Xstratas Philippine copper mine may cost US$5.2b to build
24-Apr-09 - Centennial Shares Fall on profit downgrade
24-Apr-09 - Vale Inco follows Xstrata in contract breakdown when it suits
24-Apr-09 - NBN for just $2047.62 per vote
24-Apr-09 - Xstrata says Philippine mine will need at least $5.2 bln
24-Apr-09 - More than 100 million tonne steel oversupply from China this year
24-Apr-09 - China facing looming aging crisis
22-Apr-09 - Hundreds of millions will be hurt by climage change, Oxfam warns
22-Apr-09 - Fight for offshore CSG orders as markets stagnate
22-Apr-09 - Proposed emissions trading scheme flawed: Minerals Council
22-Apr-09 - It takes legal action to force Glencore to honour its contracts
18-Apr-09 - Lead Poisoning Claim Against Xstrata Non-Compliant - Court
18-Apr-09 - Coal chain conspires to continue ruination of the Upper Hunter Valley
16-Apr-09 - Rio does not expect a global recovery for up to 18 months
16-Apr-09 - China says economic growth slowest in 10-years
16-Apr-09 - Professor Ross Garnaut wont commit to ETS in current form
16-Apr-09 - Curb wasteful lifestyles, Chinese climate experts urge
16-Apr-09 - Climate plan hits coal mines
16-Apr-09 - Fiddling at the edges as climate goes into tailspin
15-Apr-09 - Eminent scientists on attack over Rudd emissions plan
15-Apr-09 - Small farmers take fight to mighty miner
13-Apr-09 - Xstrata axes Leonora underground project
12-Apr-09 - Xstrata to Shutter Australian Nickel Mine in August
10-Apr-09 - Xstrata to defend blood-lead level lawsuit
10-Apr-09 - Rio cuts take mine job losses to 12,000
08-Apr-09 - New lawsuit over Mt Isa blood-lead levels
08-Apr-09 - Xstrata Speak with Forked Tongue - Wandoan set to go ahead
08-Apr-09 - China, India reject climate agreement that obstructs economic growth
07-Apr-09 - Maitland mans mine death shatters familys dream
07-Apr-09 - Jobs market is drying up more swiftly than in either of the past two recessions
07-Apr-09 - Clean coal remains a faraway dream
07-Apr-09 - Fears for future after Antarctic dam breaks away
07-Apr-09 - Infant iron levels worse than in Zimbabwe
07-Apr-09 - Mining industry predator Xstrata still hooked on debt loaded acquisitions
05-Apr-09 - Step up uranium export: Ferguson
05-Apr-09 - US recession job losses top 5 million
05-Apr-09 - River systems permanently damaged by criminally negligent Miners.
05-Apr-09 - Workplace Ombudsman investigating BHP Billiton after Ravensthorpe mine shut
05-Apr-09 - Hunters hospital treatment second best
05-Apr-09 - A chance for a cleaner world goes begging
05-Apr-09 - Father of three killed in Hunter mining accident
05-Apr-09 - 8,000 miners strike in Colombia
05-Apr-09 - Colombian coal trains stopped by labor strike
05-Apr-09 - Look Whos Politicizing Justice Now
05-Apr-09 - Upper Hunter Valley - Coal miner dies from head injuries
04-Apr-09 - Mt Isa still waiting for air monitoring
04-Apr-09 - US unveils ambitious greenhouse target
01-Apr-09 - Behold the green, renewable world of 2050
01-Apr-09 - Anger over call to scrap coal plans
01-Apr-09 - US greenhouse bid puts pressure on Rudds plan
01-Apr-09 - Xstratas Mt Isa Mines is Australias top polluter
01-Apr-09 - Aust officials & Xstrata-SMI in closed-door security meeting following Execution of Elizier Boy Billanes.
01-Apr-09 - KRuDD - Serial Pest and Know-It-All
31-Mar-09 - State owns biggest polluters
31-Mar-09 - Scrap coal plan, says Rudds man
31-Mar-09 - Intervention is hurting health
31-Mar-09 - European Stocks Drop Most in Four Weeks as U.S. Warns on Banks
31-Mar-09 - Aust Newcastle coal exports fall 21.5%
31-Mar-09 - Tahmoor trains slow for Old King Coal
31-Mar-09 - The Execution of Eliezer "Boy" Billanes - Xstrata SMI implicated
29-Mar-09 - Climate action rises above hot air
28-Mar-09 - Oil company cost cutbacks threaten future oil supply
28-Mar-09 - Mandarins hit the wall as China slows
27-Mar-09 - Hypocrite extolls virtue of "the need for swift action to reduce emissions"
27-Mar-09 - Hidden costs of fossil-fuel power
27-Mar-09 - Gas glut puts coal under pressure
23-Mar-09 - Big coal digs in on emissions
23-Mar-09 - Economic index contracts 3.1pc, signalling recession
23-Mar-09 - Labors dirty coal dependency
23-Mar-09 - Secret searches spreading too far
23-Mar-09 - Protest at secret search powers
23-Mar-09 - Emissions trading at centre of high-stakes game
23-Mar-09 - EU Parliament blasts GMA for rights abuses, govt denials
22-Mar-09 - Glencore Seeks to Extend $9 Billion Revolving Credit Facilities
20-Mar-09 - Miners running scare campaign over job losses
19-Mar-09 - Xstrata angry over release of sensitive data
19-Mar-09 - How will you spend your $900?
19-Mar-09 - Emission trading scheme stalls
19-Mar-09 - Green energy firm pledges 1200 jobs
19-Mar-09 - Xstrata says if Labors trading scheme was implemented in its current form, it will close four mines in NSW and scrap plans to invest $7 billion in new coalmining operations in NSW and Queensland that would create 4000 jobs.
19-Mar-09 - Mining company Xstrata has threatened to axe 1000 coalmining jobs
19-Mar-09 - Two-faced Xstrata, sole appellant opposes rivals mining project
19-Mar-09 - Russians warn of repeat of history in Afghanistan
17-Mar-09 - Afghan war a mistake
17-Mar-09 - China has proposes importers of Chinese-made goods be responsible for the carbon dioxide of manufacture.
17-Mar-09 - Carbon plan will kill jobs, SCAREMONGERING XSTRATA says
17-Mar-09 - Bishop demands probe into anti-mining activist killing
15-Mar-09 - NPA vows justice for slain anti-mining activist: Xstrata implicated
15-Mar-09 - National Security, the Financial Crisis, Bernie Madoff - No Marc Rich option?
15-Mar-09 - Of coal and communities
14-Mar-09 - 300mt more coal
14-Mar-09 - Hunter coal contracts down to $70 per tonne.
14-Mar-09 - Asia Coal-Prices drop to 21-mth low, hover just above $61
14-Mar-09 - another massive mining debt emerges
14-Mar-09 - Zambia to take control of Glencore closed mines.
14-Mar-09 - Glencore probed for kickback allegations
14-Mar-09 - I wont budge: landowner says no to mine
09-Mar-09 - Mt Isa lead levels fault of mining
07-Mar-09 - Downer EDI to develop coal handling and preparation plant for Xstrata
07-Mar-09 - Xstrata Deceit.
04-Mar-09 - Xstrata investors divided over plan
04-Mar-09 - Investors protest over Xstrata coal deal
04-Mar-09 - Wen warns economic crisis spreading in China
01-Mar-09 - Labors ETS trickery
01-Mar-09 - Xstrata investors angry at Glencore move
28-Feb-09 - Xstrata headed for bloody nose?
28-Feb-09 - Only 6-12 months until Full-Fledged Facsist Martial Law
25-Feb-09 - Economist Warns Switzerland Could Go Broke
25-Feb-09 - 25% increase in power bills this year in WA
25-Feb-09 - New solar cells - mass production with nuclear potential
24-Feb-09 - Aussies in dark on emissions effort: KRuDDs strategy of deception
24-Feb-09 - Rudd under Xstratas thumb: Greens
23-Feb-09 - The fires of climate change
23-Feb-09 - Reopened McArthur River Mine sparks calls for tougher laws
23-Feb-09 - Debt higher than Xstratas current market value
22-Feb-09 - Coal mining boom sinks
22-Feb-09 - Reducing carbon footprint waste of time
22-Feb-09 - Xstratas Glencore rights issue angers big investors
21-Feb-09 - ABI Issues Amber Top For Xstrata Rights Issue Vote
21-Feb-09 - Support for those under threat of mines
20-Feb-09 - Xstrata Halts Ravensworth Coal Mine After Worker Dies
19-Feb-09 - Australia backs carbon trade plan, abandons inquiry
19-Feb-09 - Mine Mill protest
19-Feb-09 - Truck driver crushed to death at Hunter Valley mine
18-Feb-09 - 20 million jobs lost in Guangdong province alone
18-Feb-09 - Xstrata Dreaming: The Struggle of Aboriginal Australians against a Swiss Mining Giant
18-Feb-09 - Canadian Government trades people for promised dollars (as they all do)
12-Feb-09 - Xstrata breaks contract with Canadian Government
12-Feb-09 - The slide and slide of Peter Garrett
09-Feb-09 - COAL & Allied Puts Mt Pleasant Mine ON HOLD
07-Feb-09 - Thermal Coal contracts fall to $70 USD .... approaching cost of production
07-Feb-09 - Wybong Ablaze
07-Feb-09 - Major Xstrata shareholder Glencore rated JUNK STATUS,, Xstrata next
04-Feb-09 - "Miners Estate Pops Up Again in Sewerage Works
03-Feb-09 - Widespread Violent Military Crackdown Looms in China as Economy Fails.
03-Feb-09 - Naked Capitalism - Unrest in China worse than State news reports
03-Feb-09 - Chinese losing jobs three times faster than reported
03-Feb-09 - Xstrata Share Price Falls Even further - How low can you get ?
03-Feb-09 - Coal Pollution linked to soaring birth defects among Chinese infants
01-Feb-09 - What Cooked the Worlds Economy?
01-Feb-09 - Rio Tinto coking coal discount bad for contract talks
01-Feb-09 - Stocks tumble on rights issues news
30-Jan-09 - Investor fury over Xstrata cash call
30-Jan-09 - Xstrata operates at new depths with rights issue
30-Jan-09 - Xstrata faces rights issue revolt over Glencore deal
30-Jan-09 - Criminal Xstrata Attempts to Deceive Investors
30-Jan-09 - Xstratas woes a sign of the times
30-Jan-09 - Xstrata to break bank covenants income shortfall on $US17 billion debts.
30-Jan-09 - Xstrata launches $9b cash call
30-Jan-09 - Coal & Allied expects grim 2009
30-Jan-09 - Xstrata falls further on rights fears
29-Jan-09 - Xstrata prepares multi-billion $USD cash call
29-Jan-09 - Xstrata hit by downgrade from Citigroup
28-Jan-09 - Xstrata price hit by fears of stake sale by Glencore
28-Jan-09 - UPDATE: NEXT WAG MEETING:
26-Jan-09 - Chinese soothsayers predict bumpy 2009
25-Jan-09 - Traditional owners misled over mine BY GARRET
25-Jan-09 - Jobs to go at McArthur River despite approval
24-Jan-09 - ING cuts Xstrata rating - high exposure to debt
24-Jan-09 - Mine expansion gets green light after job loss threats
23-Jan-09 - US RESEARCH CONFIRMS BOTH THE ARCTIC & ANTARCTICA ARE MELTING
23-Jan-09 - Evidence that Eric Holder twiced perjured himself before Senate Judiciary Committee
23-Jan-09 - Coal industry at risk with no cash support under carbon reduction scheme
21-Jan-09 - A Rich Vein for Holder Questions
21-Jan-09 - Xstrata Pushes Australia Govt On McArthur Mine Expansion
21-Jan-09 - The future of the McArthur River Mine hangs in the balance
16-Jan-09 - Following the redemption of the Preferred Shares, Xstrata Canada will no longer have any publicly traded shares.
16-Jan-09 - Specter Grills Holder Over Marc Rich Pardon Scandal
16-Jan-09 - Asia Coal-Prices ease below $80 on sluggish demand
16-Jan-09 - Xstrata In Talks With Australia Govt To Reopen McArthur Mine
16-Jan-09 - Food deficit tipped for tropics
13-Jan-09 - Asset-rich, debt-laden Rio Tinto adrift in a buyers market - Xstrata so loaded with debt only Glencore can bail it out on a C & A bid
13-Jan-09 - Coal & Allied to be shafted to the highest bidder?
13-Jan-09 - Only Purpose for Mothballed Mangoola Early Works is to Destroy Ecological and Biodiversity Assets from future scrutiny
12-Jan-09 - Sydney Gas, AGL merger on the cards
23-Dec-08 - Estimated Carbon Footprint of Sydney Gas and AGL in the Hunter
14-Dec-08 - Valleys $10bn methane gas find
29-Nov-08
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Shell, PetroChina may pursue AGL assets
10-Mar-10 02:16
AGL's coal seam gas assets may be next if Arrow deal proceeds. 10 Mar 2010 4:20 PM

Giants eye $1.3bn in AGL assets
09-Mar-10 23:00
ROYAL Dutch Shell and PetroChina's joint tilt for Arrow Energy could be followed up by a $1.3 billion bid for AGL's gas assets.

AJ Lucas receives $98.5m cash for sale of stake in ATP651
08-Mar-10 15:21
AJ Lucas receives $98.5m cash for sale of stake in ATP651... 08 Mar 2010 16:21 PM

AJ Lucas settles sale of coal gas permit
05-Mar-10 17:46
Mining services provider says received ...

AJ Lucas settles sale of coal gas permit
05-Mar-10 16:33
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AJ Lucas settles sale of coal gas permit
05-Mar-10 16:06
Mining services provider AJ Lucas Group Ltd has settled the sale of its 15 per cent interest in a coal seam gas permit in Queensland.

AGL enters into conditional arrangements to construct Macarthur Wind Farm
02-Mar-10 23:48
Australian integrated energy company AGL Energy has entered into conditional arrangements for the construction of Macarthur Wind Farm in southwest Victoria. The Macarthur Wind Farm will reportedly be ...

AGL’s New Windfarms
02-Mar-10 11:48
A day after revealing a solid inter profit, AFL Energy has revealed plans to go deeper into wind energy. On Friday the company revealed a 22% rise in underlying earnings ...

AGL's New Windfarms
02-Mar-10 10:04
A day after revealing a solid inter profit, AFL Energy has revealed plans to go deeper into wind energy.

AGL's New Windfarms
02-Mar-10 08:10
A day after revealing a solid inter profit, AFL Energy has revealed plans to go deeper into wind energy.On Friday the company revealed a 22% rise in underlying earnings and ...

AGL's New Windfarms
02-Mar-10 00:31
A day after revealing a solid inter profit, AFL Energy has revealed plans to go deeper into wind energy. On Friday the company revealed a 22% rise in underlying earnings ...

Wind blows again for AGL
01-Mar-10 23:03
AGL has backed away from a threat to scrap its $800 million Macarthur wind farm, the largest in the southern hemisphere, after the federal government proposed changes to its troubled ...

AGL ready to start building windfarm
01-Mar-10 20:53
AGL has said it's ready to start building an $800 million windfarm in response to the federal government's shift in climate change policy.

AGL ready to start building windfarm
01-Mar-10 20:47
AGL says it's ready to start building a windfarm in response to the govt's shift in climate change policy.

Earnings Season Over: Better Than Forecast
01-Mar-10 13:44
The Australian December half profit reporting season is now essentially complete. While results have been a bit mixed over the last week or so, the overall impression has been strong, ...

AGL revives plan to build Macarthur wind farm
01-Mar-10 09:49
Energy retailer's decision follows changes to renewable scheme. 1 Mar 2010 4:40 PM

Earnings Season Over: Better Than Forecast
01-Mar-10 08:12
The Australian December half profit reporting season is now essentially complete.While results have been a bit mixed over the last week or so, the overall impression has been strong, suggesting ...

AGL backs beleaguered ETS
01-Mar-10 06:39
The head of AGL Energy says the Federal Government's planned Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme is the most sensible option for tackling emissions.

AGL backs beleaguered ETS
01-Mar-10 06:39
The head of AGL Energy, Michael Fraser, has backed the government's ETS as the best way to tackle emissions.

Wind blows again for AGL
01-Mar-10 06:20
Following an announcement by Australian Climate Change Minister Penny Wong on renewable energy certificates, a major wind farm project in Victoria is back on track. Proponent AGL Energy has ...

Fairfax appoints three new directors
27-Feb-10 09:22
Fairfax Media has appointed three new directors: Sandra McPhee, Linda Nicholls and Sam Morgan. Ms McPhee, from Sydney, is a director of AGL Energy, Kathmandu Holdings Limited, Tourism Australia, St......

AGL first half underlying profit up 22%
27-Feb-10 03:35
AGL Energy Ltd has posted a 22% rise in first half underlying profit and has maintained its full year guidance as it expects a weaker second half.

Aussie energy changes
27-Feb-10 02:00
SYDNEY: Australia's largest electricity retailer has welcomed changes to the federal government's renewable energy target scheme.AGL Energy managing director Michael Fraser said yesterday the changes ...

AGL makes more at the margins
27-Feb-10 00:11
AGL Energy has raised its interim dividend after higher margins in its power retailing business drove better than expected first-half profits.

More turbines for Hallett wind farm
26-Feb-10 15:28
Another 25 wind turbines will be added to AGL Energy's wind farm at Hallett in the mid-north of South Australia.
