Mike Foley
Climate and Energy Reporter
Mike Foley is the climate and energy correspondent for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.
Made in Australia: The $22.7 billion punt to rival China’s dominance
The government is betting big on green technologies and industry to grow local manufacturing.
- by Mike Foley
‘Not a single government dollar’: Albanese plays down gas policy push after blowback
Six Labor MPs in at-risk seats have spoken out against the future gas strategy spearheaded by Resources Minister Madeleine King.
- by Mike Foley
Labor’s gas boost opens new front in crossbench election battle
Teal independents, the Greens and even Labor MPs are pushing back against the government’s gas plan as a Morrison-era rerun.
- by Mike Foley
Labor steps on the gas to fuel its climate targets
The federal government is backing new gas fields as essential in the move to renewables.
- by David Crowe and Mike Foley
The everyday mistake sparking more than 1000 fires a year
Batteries being thrown in the bin are a growing threat to safety, bursting into flames as they degrade. Would people recycle them properly if they were paid?
- by Mike Foley
More than 170 countries want to reduce plastic globally. A handful are stalling
Australia is attempting to help a global push to end plastic pollution before it outweighs the biomass of the world’s fish by the year 2050. But other countries have different ambitions.
- by Mike Foley
Winds of change: New era for offshore energy industry set to blow in
The Albanese government has identified the first fleet of aspiring wind farm developers and issued six permits to build turbines off the Victorian coast.
- by Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
Origin, NSW consider keeping Eraring coal plant open for longer
Origin Energy and the NSW government are in detailed talks over the future of Eraring, the largest Australian coal-fired power plant.
- by Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
Payments for coal plants and urgent reform needed for renewables switch
Energy policy is a mess and governments will have little option but to prop up ageing coal plants until more clean energy comes online, the Grattan Institute warns.
- by Mike Foley and Nick Toscano
‘Massive surveillance failure’: Fire ant infestation sparks fear of undetected spread
More than 100 nests of potentially deadly fire ants have been discovered on Defence land in the Murray Darling river system.
- by Mike Foley