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Loretta Lynn, the firebrand singer and songwriter who transformed coal into diamonds by exploring her dirt-poor childhood in eastern Appalachia in her career-defining 1970 hit “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” died on Tuesday. She was 90.

The Kentucky coal miner’s daughter, whose frank songs about life and love as a woman in Appalachia pulled her out of poverty and made her a pillar of country music, has died. She was 90.

Loretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter whose songs about life and love as a woman in Appalachia, has died aged 90.

Kentucky-born singer went from poverty and teenage marriage to becoming one of the most celebrated stars of US country

Loretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter who became a pillar of country music, has died

"Looking at the locations in the middle of urban sprawls and suddenly you have a magnificent green oasis, even the swans will put on a show for you occasionally.”

German energy giant RWE says it will phase out the burning of coal by 2030, saving 280 million metric tons of climate-changing greenhouse gas emissions

The failed coal mine in Collie, 200km south of Perth, owes close to $1.5 billion to creditors, with the banks urged to "come clean" on their losses to avoid a potential disaster in WA’s biggest electricity grid.

Ten men and boys were killed under what is now a skatepark

To quit coal and move to renewables, we need large-scale energy storage. That’s where pumped hydro comes in. Queensland’s ambitious new plan involves shifting from a coal-dominated electricity grid to 80% renewables within 13 years, using 22 gigawatts of new wind and solar. The plan relies on two massive new…

Australia is sending record fuel shipments to a world cut off from Russian gas and boosting secure supplies of critical minerals needed for new energy sources.