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Will China’s plan for a ‘green silk road’ live up to environmental promises?

China has pledged to make its Belt and Road initiative greener, but critics say environmental guidelines ‘nonexistent’

The Guardian - UK

‘Massive missed opportunity’: NSW could make $23bn with tiered tax on record coal profits

‘Small number of fossil fuel-exporting companies are making windfall gains,’ says analyst advocating for Queensland system

The Guardian - AU

Qld poised as nation's 'clean engine room'

Australia's vital coal and gas port of Gladstone could become a global hub of clean jobs and investment, served by abundant renewable energy.

AAP

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EU countries want option to claw back coal plants' revenues - draft

Coal power plants could be subject to the European Union's plan to cap energy producers' revenues to raise cash to bring down soaring energy bills, a draft document seen by Reuters shows.

Reuters

Plans put forward for Merthyr coal mine to keep operating for a further nine months to help steel industry and with the security of energy supply

The operators of Ffos y Fran coal mine want to keep mining there until June 2023 and extend the deadline to finish the restoration scheme until September 2025

Wales Online

Bankers bonus cap: why scrapping it could hurt the UK economy

At a time of rising prices and an ever increasing cost of living, there are at last signs of a financial boost for an industry toiling away at the economic coal face. British bankers, it seems, could be about to receive a hefty pay rise, with the new UK chancellor…

The Conversation

Three die in illegal rat-hole coalmine in Assam

Police in Tinsukia district found bodies of the labourers buried near an illegal rat-hole mine on the border with Arunachal Pradesh

The Hindu

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Coal royalty hike damaging mining industry and investor confidence, Queensland Resources Council says

The Queensland Resources Council wants the state to scrap its 40 per cent royalty hike on some coal exports, saying the new rates put the industry's viability at risk.

ABC News

China’s imports of Russian coal hit 5-year high as ties deepen

Russian coal imports reach 8.54 million tonnes in August amid soaring energy demand in the world’s No 2 economy.

Al Jazeera

Emissions from Australia’s oil and gas industry rose 20% in first five years of safeguard mechanism

Scale of rise prompts warning Australia will struggle to cut emissions if Labor revamp allows new coal and gas

The Guardian - AU

Ukraine war thrusts German climate action into spotlight

Germany’s climate envoy says the country remains committed to phasing out coal as a source of power by 2030 even as it reactivates coal-fired power plants

The Independent UK

We don't know the full scale of PFAS chemical exposure's risks

We all grew up in an industrial city built on coal and BHP. We are all ignorant of what we have breathed in and consumed over all those years.

Newcastle Herald

Labor urged to axe $1.9bn in ‘zombie’ fossil fuel subsidies promised by the Coalition

Exclusive: Morrison government announced support for coal and gas projects in ‘gas-fired recovery’ but didn’t formalise contracts, PBO analysis reveals

The Guardian - AU

Locked Up: The prison labor that built business empires

In a joint investigation, reporters from the Associated Press and Reveal at the Center for Investigative Reporting spent months unearthing the history of convict leasing that built business empires

The Independent UK

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Private owners net millions in sale of ageing coal-fired power station in NSW

Delta Electricity sells Hunter region station to Sev.en Global Investments which one critic labels ‘worst of all outcomes’

Newcastle Herald

Hunter nuclear plant concept blown up

The federal government's low emissions technology advisor Alan Finkel has dismissed suggestions the Hunter's coal-fired power stations could be transformed into nuclear reactors.

ABC News

Fears Hazelwood coal mine will become a toxic lake if flooded before clean-up

Environment groups fear a proposal to flood a former Victorian coal mine will create a toxic lake that may contaminate other water sources unless more is done to clean up the site.

The Independent UK

First public global database of fossil fuels launches

On Monday, the world’s first public database of fossil fuel production, reserves and emissions launches

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The Guardian - AU

Australia is pushing to host a Cop meeting – if successful it would be forced to ramp up climate action

Winning the 2024 climate talks could pressure Australia to rejoin the Green Climate Fund, increase its 2035 emissions target, and ditch new coal and gas developments

Newcastle Herald

Czech tycoon buying Lake power plant, coalmine

The deal to buy Vales Point power station and its neighbouring mine raises new questions about how long the coal-fired plant will stay open.

ABC News

Growing WA coal crisis sparks warnings of possible power crunch as summer looms

There are fears a growing crisis in WA's coal heartlands could imperil the state's biggest electricity grid less than a year after the lights flickered out during an intense heatwave.

The Hindu

Pralhad Joshi flags off Kalaburagi-Kolhapur Express

It is the extension of Kalaburagi-Miraj Express

Salon

Hawai’i shuts down its last coal plant

The move is a “major milestone” in the state’s clean energy transition

ABC News

Diesel spill contained after coal train hits large boulder near Lithgow

The train clipped the rock near Lithgow, NSW, causing a fuel tank puncture that took hours to contain.

Newcastle Herald

Dartbrook's largest shareholder backs recent offer for the mine in setback for Tinkler

The latest development in AQC's ongoing effort to recommission the shuttered mine by the end of 2023.

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