Japan nuclea crisis effects on Australia
Australia adjusts to new energy role - The Australian
Australia adjusts to new energy role The Australian Mr Coleman met David Winning in Adelaide to discuss the challenges of developing Pluto, how shale gas can transform the LNG industry and Japan's intensifying interest in natural gas as it seeks to cover a sharp drop in nuclear power. |
Post-nuclear Japan takes stake in WA gas field - ABC Online
 domain-B | Post-nuclear Japan takes stake in WA gas field ABC Online A Japanese public-private consortium has confirmed it will pay $4.4 billion for a stake in a West Australian natural gas field as the country seeks alternatives to nuclear power. The consortium, which includes TEPCO - the operator of the crippled ... Japan to pay $4.4b for LNG stake Japan firms eye $4.4b stake in Wheatstone gas |
UN nuclear chief 'positive' over Iran talks - BBC News
 BBC News | UN nuclear chief 'positive' over Iran talks BBC News They are concerned that Iran is using its civilian nuclear programme to mask efforts to obtain nuclear weapons. The UN, US, European Union, Canada, Japan and Australia are among those who have imposed sanctions on Iran to try to persuade the country to ... |
Bob Carr is tangled up in his kabuki - The Australian
Bob Carr is tangled up in his kabuki The Australian Matthew Ricketson, University of Canberra, ACT Nuclear nonsense IN Brendan O'Neill's piece on the shutdown of nuclear power stations in Japan, he refers to the role of Greenpeace and eco-warriors while scarcely acknowledging it was the Japanese ... |
Toro wins EPA go-ahead for Wiluna - The Australian
 Sydney Morning Herald | Toro wins EPA go-ahead for Wiluna The Australian TORO Energy has cleared a major hurdle for its Wiluna uranium project after regulators in Western Australia backed the proposed $280 million development. The state's Environmental Protection Authority has recommended that Wiluna, Western Australia's ... Toro jumps on WA uranium frontrunner status |
Australia's next big problem: India's democracy - Sydney Morning Herald
Australia's next big problem: India's democracy Sydney Morning Herald The Goldilocks scenario was based on the assumption that India would follow much the same path of industrialisation and urbanisation as China is and the likes of Japan, Taiwan and Korea did. They, in turn, travelled much the same road as the US and ... |
Nervous Japan puts pressure on projects - The Australian
 Sydney Morning Herald | Nervous Japan puts pressure on projects The Australian AUSTRALIA'S $100 billion pipeline of gas export projects, already being hit by cost blowouts, is coming under more pressure as major liquefied natural gas buyer Japan steps up its efforts to buy North American shale gas. Japan's major trading houses ... LNG price near peak as supply meets demand |
Japanese firms to spend billions on Australian gas - Radio Australia
 Radio Australia | Japanese firms to spend billions on Australian gas Radio Australia The operator of the crippled Fukushima nuclear plant and several other leading Japanese firms will spend more than $US4 billion dollars to buy a stake in a major West Australian natural gas field. The Wheatstone LNG project is among the big projects ... Japan tipped to invest more in WA gas Tokyo Power cuts Wheatstone stake Japan firms, Tepco eye $4.4 billion stake in Australia LNG project |
To help East Timor, look to the sea - The Australian
To help East Timor, look to the sea The Australian ... and from northwest Australian ports and the Torres Strait. It's not yet clear after Fukushima what place nuclear power will have in Japan's long-term energy plans. But there is likely to be a major increase in liquid natural gas exports to Japan. |
CLIMATE SPECTATOR: Wright is wrong on nuclear - Business Spectator
 International Business Times AU | CLIMATE SPECTATOR: Wright is wrong on nuclear Business Spectator It is a longstanding tactic of anti-nuclear ideologues to paint the nuclear industry as a technologically stagnant, declining dinosaur with no future, for the simple reason that no one likes to back a loser. It's a great way of keeping Australians from ... Mitsui pulls out of Honeymoon On Top of Japan's Shopping List: Buy More LNG Uranium Begins To Move |