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System operator predicts Bluewaters, Australia's newest coal-fired power plant will close by 2029

WA's only privately owned coal-fired power station to close "before 2030" under plans that would bring the curtain down on the fuel's use in the state's economy.

ABC News

Liverpool Cathedral sees huge crystal sculpture suspended from roof

The massive 6m art installation at Liverpool Cathedral contains enough coal to power just one lightbulb for a year

Liverpool Echo

319-million-year-old Fossilized Fish Found In UK Coal Mine

The oldest known example of a well-preserved vertebrate brain is a fossilized fish that was discovered a century ago

Zenger

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Adani debacle threatens fallout on India's wider economy

This week, a major upheaval hit one of India’s top business empires. Adani Group has operations in everything from coal mining to telecoms. Its seven main units were recently worth an estimated $220 billion. But a blistering report by an American investor research firm accusing the conglomerate of massive fraud…

France 24

Widow loses legal battle with magnate's executor

Queensland mining magnate Ken Talbot's widow has lost her court battle with the administrator of the late Macarthur Coal founder's estate.

AAP

Malaysia faces 'inconvenient truth' on clean energy goals

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Chuan Zhen Ko's passion for clean energy and climate change was first ignited by his university lecturers and watching the 2006 Oscar-winning documentary "An Inconvenient Truth", starring former US Vice-President Al Gore.

Bangkok Post

Federal government starts industry consultations before switching on national battery strategy

The federal government will spend the next few weeks talking to energy storage companies before revealing what it will do to help build more big batteries around the country.

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NSW Labor matches Coalition, saying 'no plan' to raise coal royalty rates

Labor says no coal royalty rise as Japanese customers speak out

Newcastle Herald

Targeting coal a simplistic response to the complicated issue that is the rising cost of energy

Coal an easy target in power price rise

Newcastle Herald

Who is Gautam Adani? Asia's richest man is losing billions, fast

A history of financial fraud accusations may be catching up to India's biggest industrialist.

Fortune

Chhattisgarh: Three Killed As Coal Ashes Collapse In Raipur

Three labourers were killed died after getting buried in debris due to falling ash at an excavation site in Chhattisgarh's Raipur. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Port shipments down 21 million tonnes last year

Import and export tonnage through Newcastle port dropped 13 per cent in 2022, but non-coal trade rose sharply.

Newcastle Herald

Treasurer Matt Kean rules out coal rate royalty rise as industry lobbies government for change

Treasurer Matt Kean rules out coal royalty rate rise

Newcastle Herald

Gas intervention, bottlenecks could slow energy change

Gas price caps, contractor shortages and a bottleneck of network expansions could slow the pace of transition from coal-fired power to clean energy generation.

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Newcastle Herald

'Dirty big holes' in valley of king coal

'There's no way this permanent industrial wasteland would be OK anywhere around Sydney.'

Tribune News Service

Replacing US coal plants with solar and wind is cheaper than running them

Replacing coal power plants across the United States with renewable energy projects would reduce carbon emissions and require less water.

The Guardian - US

US renewable energy farms outstrip 99% of coal plants economically – study

It is cheaper to build solar panels or cluster of wind turbines and connect them to the grid than to keep operating coal plants

Reuters

Coal train derails in Australia's Queensland state, no injuries

A coal train in Australia's Queensland state derailed after it hit a freight train late on Sunday night, haulage operator Aurizon Holdings said on Monday.

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BHP flag concerns Muswellbrook's Mount Arthur Coal Mine may close earlier than expected

The company behind New South Wales' largest coal mine fears it may have to close earlier than anticipated, leaving thousands of workers questioning their future.

Newcastle Herald

Mt Arthur Coal may be forced to close sooner than expected

The controversial NSW coal reservation policy may force Mt Arthur Coal to close before 2030, the mine's owner BHP has warned.

The Guardian - AU

Adam Bandt accuses Albanese government of ‘greenwashing’ for allowing new coal and gas mines

Greens leader’s criticism suggests party will rekindle demands to add climate trigger in safeguards scheme or limit use of carbon offsets

Wales Online

Life on the tight-knit valleys street where everyone knows each other and residents still use coal fires

The street is bursting with Welsh history

The Independent UK

The nuclear option: could this abandoned plant solve the Philippines’ energy crisis?

Supporters say a revival of the project would ease the country’s reliance on coal and prop up its renewables sector. But, detractors tell Rebecca Tan, decades-old safety risks remain

The Independent UK

Norway's last Arctic miners struggle with coal mine's end

For more than 100 years, people came to the remote Arctic archipelago of Svalbard to work in coal mines

AAP

Origin Energy lifts earnings forecast

Origin said full year earnings for its main energy markets business will rise to between $600 million and $730 million.

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