This is not Utopia: how will the inland rail project stand up to real-life scrutiny? The 1700km railway is being touted as a nation-building project, so we need to get the planning right The Guardian - AU · Apr 18, 2023
Rail Safety Regulator charges Queensland Rail over Westwood train crash that killed worker The Office of the National Rail Safety Regulator has filed three charges over the 2021 incident, in which the locomotive hit a parked coal train and killed a man. ABC News · Apr 17, 2023
Why I helped stop a loaded coal train: protestor speaks out Everyone will have their assumptions about why I did what I did, but I want you to hear it from me. Newcastle Herald · Apr 17, 2023
Lords amendment to energy bill may stop new coalmines in England Change to bill says opening and licensing of new coalmines by the Coal Authority to be prohibited The Guardian - UK · Apr 17, 2023
Coal mine ban backed by House of Lords in parliamentary defeat for Government THE Government has suffered a defeat at Westminster as peers narrowly backed a ban on the opening of new coal mines. The National (Scotland) · Apr 17, 2023
Climate activists arrested after dumping coal off cargo train in Australia Protesters climbed on train to unload coal using shovels The Independent UK · Apr 17, 2023
One of 50 charged after coal train climate protest granted bail A climate activist has been banned from every ARTC-operated rail corridor in the state. Newcastle Herald · Apr 17, 2023
Obeids, Macdonald appealing Hunter Valley coal licence conviction The trio have appealed to the NSW Court of Criminal Appeal Newcastle Herald · Apr 17, 2023
Obeid, Macdonald appealing NSW coal licence conviction A lawyer involved in an appeal by Eddie Obeid and his co-conspirators says the trio was convicted even though the acts they conspired to do were not specified. AAP · Apr 17, 2023
Australia climate change activists 'halt' coal train, 50 charged Fifty climate change activists were charged with unlawful protest near Australia's biggest coal export port on Sunday after protesters climbed on a coal train. Reuters · Apr 16, 2023
Scores arrested as climate activists halt Newcastle coal train Dozens of people have been arrested after protesters scaled a train bound for the Port of Newcastle and shovelled coal out of its wagons. The New Daily · Apr 16, 2023
Fifty arrested in Newcastle coal train protest About 50 protesters have been arrested during a climate change protest near the world's largest coal export port of Newcastle. AAP · Apr 16, 2023
Coal stopped in its tracks: 50 climate protesters charged Rising Tide direct action shuts down the coal line to Kooragang Island for at least three hours on Sunday. Newcastle Herald · Apr 16, 2023
Climate protests block coal trains heading to the Port of Newcastle Rising Tide Climate Activists demand an end to coal exports from Port of Newcastle Newcastle Herald · Apr 15, 2023
Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 15, 2023 G7 Ministers Agree to Cut Gas Consumption and Speed-up Renewable Energy The Group of Seven rich nations have agreed to call for reducing gas consumption and increasing electricity from renewable sources while phasing out fossil-fuels faster and building no new coal-fired plants, France's energy transition minister said on Saturday. G7 environment and energy ministers, however, could not agree on a specific…
Newcastle Herald · Apr 15, 2023 Glencore follows other major miners in proposed separation of thermal coal from other operations Glencore looks to spin off its Hunter coal mines
The New Daily · Apr 15, 2023 ‘Bubbling like boiling broth’: Fracking link to Qld methane leak The Condamine river in Queensland is bubbling with methane escaping from fracking operations, but Origin Energy says it's old news.
AAP · Apr 14, 2023 Methane worry for Qld river 'bubbling like a broth' Environmental activists hold concerns for a Queensland river and surrounding areas after gathering footage showing methane bubbling close to a local weir.
Daily Mirror · Apr 14, 2023 Mystery on board Blackbeard the pirate's shipwreck finally solved after 300 years Blackbeard's ship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, was found in 1996 after centuries underwater surrounded by coal despite sinking in 1719 - more than 100 years before it was used on ships
Caixin Global · Apr 14, 2023 Ex-State Asset Regulator in China’s Coal Heartland Targeted in Graft Probe Retired provincial official Zhu Xiaoming is under investigation by local graft agencies for ‘serious violations of discipline and law’
Chronicle Live · Apr 14, 2023 More families can apply for an extra £200 to help with energy costs Households which use heating oil, LPG, coal or biomass for heating can use bills from June 2022 to claim the money
ABC News · Apr 14, 2023 The mining sector made more than half of Australia's corporate profits, so why do economists want to ignore it? Australia's mining sector has generated windfall profits over the past two years, the result of dramatically higher prices for fossil fuel energy, but has it driven inflation?
Newcastle Herald · Apr 13, 2023 How Australia's oldest coal-fired power station will be shut down Liddell Power Station's three remaining generators will wind down between this weekend and the end of the month.
Nottingham Post · Apr 13, 2023 Owner of former Nottinghamshire colliery says Coal Authority 'riding roughshod' over its history Plans for the future of the former Clipstone Colliery include opening a heritage museum to showcase its mining history.
The New Daily · Apr 13, 2023 ‘Change is coming fast’: Oceania outstrips Europe in solar, wind uptake As the world pushes toward a greener, sustainable future, Australia is making significant strides in transitioning to renewable energy.