Mike Foley
Mike Foley is the climate and energy correspondent for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.
Big energy investors wary of climate wars, Bowen says
Opposition threats to scrap Australia’s 2030 emissions target and talk up nuclear power have rattled major players behind renewables projects, according to the federal energy minister.
- by Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
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Mining
Mining groups lobbied PM to weaken environment reforms, documents show
Mining giants including Hancock Prospecting and Rio Tinto lobbied the Albanese government to weaken national environmental reforms, new documents show.
- by Bianca Hall and Mike Foley
Dutton’s nuclear ‘frolic’ a recipe for higher bills and blackout risk: Bowen
Energy Minister Chris Bowen will say Australians can choose “reliable renewables or risky reactors – but not both”.
- by Mike Foley
Historic moment for Murray Darling as water wars reignite
Farmers are reviving their campaign against the revived plan to boost the health of the nation’s largest river system.
- by Mike Foley
Black swans in ‘significant peril’ from bird flu
Australia’s poultry industry is grappling with an outbreak of H7 bird flu, but the H5N1 strain, which has spread to every other continent, could wipe out native species.
- by Mike Foley
Electric vehicles can charge to the rescue in blackouts
A world-first trial highlights the huge potential of EVs to help out in a crisis.
- by Mike Foley
The dirty secret of Australia’s green energy transition
Renewable energy, storage and transmission lines will get Australia most of the way to banishing coal from the grid. But not the whole way, officials warn.
- by Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
East coast gas crisis to hit sooner than expected: ACCC
The competition watchdog says major new supplies needed by 2027 to stop homes and businesses running short.
- by Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
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Gas
Yes, we really are dumb enough to import our own gas. Here’s why
There’s plenty of blame to go around for the current mess we’re in.
- by Mike Foley
Australia exports gas. Are we going to import it too?
Experts say time has run out to develop new sources of supply to avert crippling shortages on the east coast.
- by Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
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Advertising
Loophole allows alcohol advertising to be broadcast during the Wiggles
Independent senator says the government must close a loophole in laws protecting children from alcohol advertising on free-to-air television.
- by Mike Foley