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An unknown amount of taxpayer money will be spent helping an insolvent coal miner that is $1.4 billion in the red keep its lights on, with the supply of electricity at peak times depending on it.

The long read: In a pristine forest in central India, the multibillion-dollar mining giant Adani has razed trees – and homes – to dig more coal. How does this kind of destruction get the go-ahead?

The International Energy Agency says coal use across the world is set to reach a new record this year amid persistently high demand for the heavily polluting fossil fuel

Scupltor and miner’s son was commissioned to spend a week making sketches of men in Yorkshire pit

At a senate committee hearing in Marshall, Texas Republican lawmakers accused investment firms of pulling back on fossil fuels, running afoul of a 2021 law that prohibits the state from contracting with or investing in companies that “boycott” oil, natural gas and coal companies.

The UK government recently approved a new coal mine in Whitehaven, a small coastal town in Cumbria, northwest England. The first mine to be given the go-ahead in 30 years is expected to produce 2.8 million tonnes of coking coal a year for steelmaking, and provide 500 new jobs. The…

Researchers worry more than half of global efforts to cut greenhouse gases by using energy more efficiently could be wiped out by a sneaky efficiency paradox called the 'rebound effect'.

For a multitude of reasons, Eskom CEO Andre de Ruyter’s resignation is a huge setback for the state-owned power utility and South Africa. It comes at a time when the utility, which produces 95% of the electricity used in the country, needs stable leadership.

There are "a number of areas of interest" in South Gloucestershire