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It’s messy and slow and drowned in noise, but a change in Australia’s climate policy is under way

There is a signal beneath the noise, and it is bigger than just the safeguard mechanism

The Guardian - AU

Coal use climbs worldwide despite promises to slash it

The burning of coal for electricity, cement, steel and other uses went up in 2022 despite global promises to phase down the fuel that’s the biggest source of planet-warming gases in the atmosphere, a report Wednesday found

The Independent UK

Phaseout of coal power far too slow to avoid ‘climate chaos’, report finds

World needs to stop building new plants and close existing ones at almost five times the current rate to meet Paris agreement goals

The Guardian - UK

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The EPA proposes tighter limits on toxic emissions from coal-fired power plants

The rules would lower emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants that can harm brain development of young children and contribute to heart attacks and other health problems in adults.

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EPA tightens mercury emissions limits at coal power plants

The Environmental Protection Agency is tightening rules that limit emissions of mercury and other harmful pollutants from coal-fired power plants

The Independent UK

‘Astonishing’: cost of Inland Rail doubles to $30bn as review savages Coalition over project

Dr Kerry Schott warns she is not confident her assessment captures the full extent of cost blowouts and delays

The Guardian - AU

Global banks pledged to cut emissions – but still invest billions on US gas exports

Many banks promised to work toward net-zero emissions – but their targets explicitly exempt liquefied natural gas projects

The Guardian - US

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Subsidence regularly occurs across NSW Hunter due to old underground coal mines

From the surface, you might never know much of Newcastle in New South Wales has been built on top of mines — some more than 100 years old.

ABC News

Treasury tops up tax credits where fossil fuel jobs were lost

WASHINGTON — The administration plans to deploy federal money in former coal towns and communities losing fossil fuel jobs from two of President Joe Biden’s signature legislative packages.

Tribune News Service

Treasury tops up tax credits where fossil fuel jobs were lost - Roll Call

The administration plans to deploy federal money in former coal towns and communities losing fossil fuel jobs.

Roll Call

Biden offers $450M for clean energy projects at coal mines

The Biden administration is making $450 million available for solar farms and other clean energy projects nationwide at the site of current or former coal mines

The Independent UK

MAGA rule will be ruinous for earth

MAGA seems intent on driving this country and our world all too literally to hell in a handbasket

Salon

Whyalla moves closer to emissions-free production as Liberty Steel signs electric furnace contract

The company behind the Whyalla steelworks signs a $485 million deal that could end the use of coal in making steel in Whyalla.

ABC News

Penny yet to drop for Labor on emissions action: Bandt

Greens leader Adam Bandt says the recent safeguard changes should only be the first step to reducing the country's emissions.

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The Conversation

Labor and Albanese gain in Newspoll after Aston byelection triumph

A federal Newspoll, conducted March 29 to April 2 from a sample of 1,500, gave Labor a 55-45 lead, a one-point gain for Labor since the early March Newspoll. Primary votes were 38% Labor (up one), 33% Coalition (down two), 10% Greens (steady), 8% One Nation (up one) and 11%…

The Conversation

Australia's main iron ore exports may not work with green steelmaking. Here's what we must do to prepare

Making steel was responsible for about 7% of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2020. That’s because steelmakers in countries like China, Japan and South Korea have long relied on fossil fuels like coal to make steel in blast furnaces.

The New Daily

Clive Palmer’s Waratah coal mine denied environmental licence

A coal mine that was the subject of a court battle fought on climate change and human rights has been denied an environmental licence.

AAP

Palmer's Waratah coal mine denied environmental licence

A major coal mine slated for Queensland's Galilee Basin has suffered another blow after a landmark court ruling recommended it not proceed.

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Coal seam gas waste plan worries farmers and activists

Activists and farmers have raised concerns about a plan to allow coal seam gas companies to store their waste salt in lined landfill sites.

Reuters

More than 200 safely evacuated in smoke incident at Russian coal mine

A total of 229 workers were evacuated from a coal mine in southern Russia on Sunday after it filled with smoke, a local official said, adding that there were no casualties.

Newcastle Herald

Revisiting the forgotten saga of Australia's coal hulks

How Australia's sturdy old sailing ships were recycled into a useful fleet of coal hulks.

The Canberra Times

'The canary in the coal mine': Asthma Australia backs wood heater ban plan

The peak health body is pushing for a phase-out of wood heaters through a replacement scheme within a set timeframe and a ban on new heaters.

The Independent UK

As summer looms, India orders coal power plants to max out

India's government has issued orders for coal and power plants to run at full capacity through this year's summer months

Sports Illustrated

How a Hoosier at Heart Blazed His Own Trail to the Final Four

FAU’s Dusty May doesn’t project the image of a coal miner’s son, but his blue-collar upbringing in Greene County, Indiana, played a defining role for the man and the coach.

The Guardian - AU

The closer you looked at Canberra this week, the uglier it got – especially MPs’ behaviour

The Coalition sees advantage in suggesting both sides are as bad as each other and Australian politics is as nasty as ever

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