Surely a better investment would be helping to reskill and redeploy the workers who would be otherwise impacted by the mine closure than seeing another 809 million tons of CO2 sent into the atmosphere. But of course that isn't profitable right now so we'll burn the future to the ground instead.

when i asked my MP (Labor) if we would go to war against Canada if the americans asked , he said maybe.

Minns is a cunt

I had low expectations of him, and yet he has still managed to disappoint me at every turn

The greed in this world is sickening.

What year is this?

There is no greater treachery than this failure to face up to the climate crisis. How can we now fend off despair?

By supporting the young to find their voice and those of us who are older and are just as disgusted to raise our voices with them against the rot that has overtaken the world order (including here in Australia where we dance to the same tune).

Well, they're allowing an existing coal mine to continue operating. It's not good, but it's not like they're constructing a whole new coal mine.

Renewables are becoming economically superior, and like it or not the Australian government (at least under Labor) is doing a fair bit to push the country towards renewables at a steady pace. We're even doing better than New Zealand.

Check it out: climateactiontracker.org

I wonder who owns that coalmine? I thought it would be BlackRock or JP Morgan et al, but it may be worse than that.

Like, the final owner. It says "Glencore" (a Swiss multinational conglomerate) and "Yancoal" officially (DDG search), but look? Yancoal is owned by "Yankuang Energy Group", which is owned by China.

China wants to mine in Australia, Swiss conglomerate has seconded (I've read the Swiss were masters of laundering money and tax evasion, is that still true?), and here we are.

Do this with similar news stories as you wish, even publicly available information can be interesting. Why doesn't the story just say it was owned by China and Swiss conglomerate? Why do you have to look up owner after owner after owner after owner? The Guardian can look up ownership just like me, yeah?

I bet I know. I think if I could dig deep enough, I'd find that The Guardian is owned by China/Swiss conglomerate, just a few shell companies removed.

I have absolutely NO proof of this. But I do know that if I owned "Yangkuang Coal" and China was my "friend" and the sky is the limit on spending and all of that money is tax free in Switzerland conglomerate... am I being paranoid? Tell me if I'm paranoid and I'm being weird

Sorry for tangent, but the fact that they barely bother to hide it any longer is disturbing to me I wish they'd put a little more effort into coverup

Really trying to understand how such a system exists that statewide bodies in NSW and VIC have both overridden the local councils and allowed McDonald’s to put in restaurants in Newtown and Northcote respectively.

GHG emissions from the Project will contribute to climate change, with 98% of these emissions occurring in overseas jurisdictions where the product coal is consumed.

the Commission has imposed conditions intended to limit coal exports to jurisdictions that have policies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions consistent with the goals of the Paris Agreement.

The Project’s domestic emissions have also been conditioned, including requirements for minimisation and offsets

So it's an extension on an existing mine that is only allowed to sell to consumers that have agreed to reduce emissions? And the emissions that Australia will be responsible for is 2% of the project?

With renewables becoming a no brainer outside of steel production I'm surprised that they bothered applying. As long as they also pay their fair share of taxes and are paying their workers appropriately, this feels more like a Good luck kind of thing rather than betrayal per se.

https://www.ipcn.nsw.gov.au/sites/default/files/2026-09/Statement%20of%20Reasons%20for%20Decision%20HVO%20Continued%20Operations%20Project%20%28SSD%2011826681%20%26%20SSD%2011826621%29.pdf.pdf

Pikachu face They not like us They don't care about us

we need the coal mine to power the new EVs bought every 100 seconds

Ffs