In breaking news, the NSW Land and Environment Court has handed down its decision on the Warkworth Coal Project, overturning approval given by NSW state regulatory agencies. The project will.. read more
It’s not often the Economists at Large website breaks the big stories, but here is a scoop – Environment Minister Tony Burke has delayed his decision on whether to permit.. read more
A couple of weeks ago we made a submission on the economic assessment of NSW’s controversial Coborra Coal Project. The project is particularly controversial as it is a state owned.. read more
UPDATE: Here is the media coverage. The Age/SMH, ABC Gippsland, Australian Mining, Renew Economy. I also did interviews with Win TV and live on ABC Gippsland which I can’t find… read more
The period for public comment on the T3 coal terminal expansion under the EPBC act has just closed and Economists at Large made a brief submission. In our submission we.. read more
(Note – I wrote this just before going to Lao for several weeks and forgetting to post it. It relates to this Minerals Council ad, which I can’t find a.. read more
We are disappointed to read the NSW Planning Assessment Commission’s (PAC) report on the Boggabri Coal project, giving the open-cut mine the green light. Last year we made several submissions.. read more
First day back in the Economists at Large office, so a good time to think about the year gone by and the year ahead. In 2011 the word “fracking”, was.. read more
Finishing off a big year of looking at large, controversial coal projects, we reviewed the economic assessment of the Galilee/China First project on behalf of the landholders of the Bimblebox.. read more
We recently assisted Queensland’s Capricorn Conservation Council with a submission relating to the economic assessment of the Kevin’s Corner Coal project proposal. The economic assessment of the project, by consultants.. read more
