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The study is the first of its kind to gauge how people were impacted by the bushfire crisis and how it changed their views on a range of subjects, from climate change to the government response.
Labor will not win an election by cozying up to coal or weakening its climate target. Instead, it must find the common ground uniting workers in the cities and the regions - job insecurity.
A small finch has stalled the multi-million-dollar Carmichael mine.
Adani has promised to fix its groundwater plan – but that might not be possible.
The federal government considered prosecuting Adani's potential environmental negligence over the history of its Australian CEO.
Throughout the centuries, a number of coal miners have documented their lives with paintings. Some of their works are now in museums and bring the stories of the "pitmen" back to life.
The legacy of the dirtiest of fuels – coal – has the potential to deliver a low carbon energy future.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's proposed changes to Australia's national environment act will significantly reduce judicial oversight on environmental decisions. Here's why that matters.
Mine communications are complex, slow and unreliable. The solution to keeping miners safe, and rescuing them when disaster strikes, might just be in their hands already.
As coal energy loses market share, major U.S. coal companies are filing for bankruptcy. One multi-billion-dollar question: will taxpayers be forced to pay for cleaning up abandoned mines?
Two years after Morwell was blanketed in smoke from the Hazelwood fire, environmental charges have been laid against the mine's operators. But the process should be more open and democratic - and quicker.
Methane is a stronger greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, and Australia's coal mines are a major source.
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Director of the Centre for Energy and Natural Resources Law, Deakin Law School, Deakin University
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Associate Professor in Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering, RMIT University
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Professor, RMIT University
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Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science, Western Sydney University
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Associate Professor, Connected Waters Initiative, UNSW
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Researcher, Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science, The University of Queensland
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Professor of Economics and Public Policy, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Assistant Professor, Durham University
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Professor of Law, West Virginia University
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PhD candidate, Connected Waters Initiative, UNSW
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Research Fellow Emerging Technologies Research Lab, Monash University
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Chercheur au Centre d’histoire culturelle des sociétés contemporaines, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ) – Université Paris-Saclay
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Professor of Geoenergy, Carbon Capture and Storage, Durham University
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Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Computer Science , Colorado State University
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Associate Professor, Child and Youth Development and Longitudinal Studies, Australian National University
