'Tis the season for shoddy fossil fuel project approvals

We’re heading into the silly season, and it’s come early for the NSW Government. Last night the NSW EPA dribbled out the announcement that it has approved the controversial Kurri Kurri gas fired power station in the Hunter, a Morrison Government pet project that will see over $600m of taxpayer’s money blown on a gassy white elephant that will only operate at 2% capacity.

Over on the other coast, the Conservation Council of Western Australia has mounted a Supreme Court legal challenge to Woodside’s toxic Scarborough deep sea gas drilling project, arguing the WA EPA failed to properly assess the project.

NSW approves Morrison government’s $600m Kurri Kurri gas-fired power plant
Critics say ‘polluting’ plant in the Hunter region – which will only operate 2% of the year – makes little commercial sense

EPA failed to properly assess Woodside Scarborough project, WA Supreme Court told
The court on Monday began hearing a case brought against the gas giant by the Conservation Council of WA, which is challenging approvals provided by the Environmental Protection Authority.

Why COP26's failure to tax multinationals could be its biggest missed opportunity
We know what we need to do, and we know how to do it, too. The problem is how to pay for it, writes Professor Desmond Manderson

AustralianSuper to count the cost of shadow carbon price on its stocks
The nation’s biggest superannuation fund has imposed a shadow carbon price on all its stocks to measure the portfolio’s resilience to a global shift to net-zero emissions by 2050.

I’m running as an independent because the cost of inaction is too high
The next three years will be critical for climate, writes Zoe Daniels, independent candidate for Goldstein.