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Whitehaven divided as new coalmine brings 500 jobs - but is cost to climate worth it?

Nowhere is more divided than Whitehaven in Cumbria, where the mine will produce 2.8 million tonnes of coking coal a year – largely for export to other countries

Daily Mirror

From dead drops to laser-spying: tradecraft through the decades

New ITVX drama A Spy Among Friends explores the incredible story of two real-life MI6 spies – Nicholas Elliott (Damian Lewis) and Kim Philby (Guy Pearce) – whose decades-long friendship fell apart when Philby was revealed to be a treacherous double agent, spilling secrets to the KGB. Here historian Guy…

The Independent UK

Court asked to overturn Mt Pleasant expansion

An Upper Hunter environment group has commenced legal action to prevent the expansion of Mt Pleasant coal mine.

Newcastle Herald

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Action after alleged gas cartel attempt

A mining equipment and technology services company allegedly tried to establish a cartel with four other suppliers in breach of competition laws, the ACCC says.

AAP

Could Cumbria coalmine be stopped despite government green light?

Mine could affect Britain’s climate commitments, which some believe could help get decision struck down

The Guardian - UK

NSW ‘almost ready to sign up’ to coal price cap to provide energy price relief

State’s energy minister, Matt Kean, says ‘It’s not about royalties, it’s all about consumers’, putting pressure on Queensland counterpart

The Guardian - AU

Minerals Council report says Labor price cap will fail and possibly push up power prices

Mr Galilee said the report indicated that high power prices were caused by a shortage of electricity supply and warns of a bleak winter next year due to a looming spike in global gas prices,

Newcastle Herald

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Glencore pulls out of $1.5 billion Valeria coal mine project in central Queensland

Glencore says its Valeria coal project is now under review, citing concerns around global uncertainty and a commitment to reach net zero emissions by 2050.

ABC News

UK approves first coal mine in decades in Cumbria despite climate fears

The controversial scheme, which will dig up coking coal for steel production, was green-lit by Conservative minister Michael Gove.

Daily Record

Looking inside Canberra's $125 a tonne coal price cap plan

Energy price caps a complex question

Newcastle Herald

‘We need the jobs’: Cumbrians divided over new coalmine

Despite positivity in Whitehaven, near the former Marchon chemical plant, proposals still cause worry

The Guardian - UK

Have no doubt: opening a coalmine in Cumbria is a climate crime against humanity

Locals desperate for lower bills, jobs and economic revival have been seduced by this plan, but they – and we – will suffer, says Green Party MP Caroline Lucas

The Guardian - UK

UK’s first deep coal mine in 30 years given green light by Michael Gove

Environmentalists have reacted with anger to the news

Evening Standard

Cumbria coal mine approved by Tory government - the first in 30 years

The long-awaited move - set to anger campaigners and some Tory MPs - will allow coal from Whitehaven in Cumbria to be used for producing steel and prevent foreign imports

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The Guardian - UK

Cumbria coalmine approval shows Sunak does not care whether he is seen as green

PM’s commitment to green targets questioned as top climate adviser calls decision ‘absolutely indefensible’

The Independent UK

Go-ahead for controversial Cumbria coal mine condemned by government’s climate adviser

Cumbria colliery would be first new pit to open since 1991

The Guardian - UK

What is the Cumbrian coalmine and why does it matter?

Some argue it’s a low-carbon alternative to importing coal, but others say Woodhouse Colliery would damage UK’s climate reputation

The Guardian - UK

UK’s first new coalmine for 30 years gets go-ahead in Cumbria

Michael Gove greenlights £165m project that will produce estimated 400,000 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions a year

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Newcastle Herald

Minerals Council slams price cap as data confirms state power stations paying well under export prices

Current prices mean much power station coal already under price cap

ABC News

Energy ministers to tackle skyrocketing power prices ahead of national cabinet meeting

A lot of eyes will be on energy ministers today, as they take part in the first of two meetings this week between state and federal decision-makers focused on how to avoid skyrocketing power prices.

The Guardian - AU

Australian energy ministers to agree on promoting battery uptake but views on price caps differ

Gathering of state and federal officials in Brisbane on Thursday not expected to result in consensus on proposed price caps on coal and gas

The Independent UK

UK eases ban on new wind farms, considers OKing coal mine

Environmental groups have welcomed a decision by Britain’s Conservative government to lift its opposition to onshore wind farms

The New Daily

Pleasing none, Albanese presents consensus position on rising power bills; gets tentative tick

Anthony Albanese has ultimately stepped in for the consumer on energy, but limited the fallout to industry.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: The G-7′s price cap gamble on Russian oil is an untested idea

The United States and its allies in Europe have spent the last 10 months turning the screws on the Russian economy in retaliation for Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine. The Western coalition blocked Russia from accessing around half of its more than $600 billion in foreign reserves, disconnected multiple Russian…

The Conversation

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Energy crisis has 'badly damaged' social licence of coal and gas

Australians are currently confronting a cost of living crisis that includes soaring energy prices. Ministers have been working for weeks on a strategy to contain the prices of coal and gas, driven up by the fallout from the Ukraine war.

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