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The Energy Department is canceling some $3.7 billion in government support for clean energy projects it said did not warrant continued backing from the Trump administration.

When it comes to resources, Australia is the Saudi Arabia of the southern hemisphere.

Chevron boss Mike Wirth has attacked the Biden administration’s oil and gas policy, saying it was pushing up prices and “undermining energy security” for US allies.

Solar panels have become so cheap that they are being used to build garden fences in the Netherlands and Germany, as a boom in Chinese production saturates the global market.

A looming gas shortfall that threatens to curtail industries and derail Australia’s energy transition is the fault of 10 successive government interventions, the Gina Rinehart-backed Senex Energy has declared, and now the country has little time left to fix the mess.

LACK OF SUPPLY THREATENS POWER GRID Gas generators may be forced to burn diesel to keep the power grid running after authorities warned that states face a catastrophic supply shortfall from next year unless new sources of supply are developed. The Australian Energy Market Operator revealed that gas generators could have to run on diesel through to 2026 during periods of high demand, due to the lack of gas on the east coast. Gas generators were last forced to use diesel to prop up the electricity grid in 2022 when Russia's invasion of Ukraine triggered a domestic crisis.

We could run out of gas on chilly days as early as next winter, the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has warned again. The SMH reports ExxonMobil and Woodside Energy are preparing to shutter one of three key plants that process gas from the Bass Strait, the 50-year-old Gippsland Basin, which has provided two-thirds of the southern states’ gas appetite.

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Last November in a speech to mining executives, Australia's richest person, Gina Rinehart, urged more miners to get into politics and remove environmental regulations. Rinehart has a long record of climate scepticism and opposition to renewable energy. Last December she made the extraordinary claim that a third of Australia's agricultural land could be taken over by wind and solar projects. (The Clean Energy Council notes that replacing all of Australia's coal-fired power stations with solar farms would take less than 0.016 per cent of the country's land.) Rinehart's source was the Institute for Public Affairs, an organisation to which she has reportedly contributed millions of dollars and which has a long record of propagandising against renewable energy.

Northback Holdings Corporation (Northback), a dedicated supporter of neighborhood initiatives, is pleased to announce its sponsorship of a school breakfast program with Livingstone Range School Division (LRSD) aimed at nourishing and empowering local students. The new program is called the Northback Breakfast Program. Reflecting its passion to foster healthier and more vibrant communities, Northback has committed to supporting the LRSD Nutrition Program by providing $75,000 per year to expand this important initiative.