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‘It’s going to be messy’: advocates balance climate action and conservation amid Queensland’s green energy boom

The Guardian: Energy

‘Some negative projects will get up, but we have to keep our eyes on the broader goals’, says WWF Australia Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast A map of operating windfarms in Queensland does not take too long to survey – of the 100 or so across Australia, only six of them are in the sunshine state.

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Queensland farming lobby launches legal challenge against Great Artesian Basin carbon capture trial

The Guardian: Energy

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First Nations woman one of seven global winners of prestigious Goldman prize for environmental activism

The Guardian: Energy

Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading. What colonisation hasn’t already done, climate change will do in terms of finalising the assimilation process for First Nations people,” the 29-year-old Wirdi woman from Queensland says.

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‘Leave politics to the politicians’: why rural Queensland is a hotbed of renewable energy

The Guardian: Energy

Sign up to receive Guardian Australia’s fortnightly Rural Network email newsletter Continue reading. Gas company Arrow Energy now holds a tenement over his property and a few doors down, there’s a coal seam gas waste facility.

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Activist groups not directly involved in Tiwi Island lawsuit must hand over documents to Santos, court rules

The Guardian: Energy

Broad terms of subpoenas a ‘chilling’ precedent that could undermine future climate litigation, legal experts say Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast A federal court judge has allowed Santos to subpoena paperwork held by three activist groups who were not directly involved in a lawsuit against the oil company.

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Chris Bowen’s bold and sudden movement on climate sent the Coalition clutching at its pearls

The Guardian: Energy

The existential battle against global heating requires connecting science, politics and community life, often much harder than it looks Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast A lot of the time, politics feels incremental. But every now and again, a big thing happens suddenly.

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Guardian Essential poll: voters back Labor’s Future Made in Australia plan while overestimating cost of renewables

The Guardian: Energy

Results highlight the difficulties government faces in selling energy transition to sceptical public Get our morning and afternoon news emails , free app or daily news podcast Voters have backed Anthony Albanese’s Future Made in Australia plan but are under the misapprehension that renewables are the most expensive form of power.