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The third leaders' debate was a much more subdued affair than the fiery, more shouty previous clash between the two leaders. But in politics, less shouting doesn't necessarily mean fewer furphies.

Canavan carrying the can for coal

Plans by the federal government to develop a "clean" hydrogen industry in Australia have been branded greenwashing by critics who say taxpayer money is being used to subsidise fossil fuel activities.

With the recent power cuts due to coal shortage making the headlines, the spotlight has turned to ho

Hemant Soren has been asked to furnish a reply to the Election Commission as to why he should not be disqualified for holding an "office of profit" by granting a mining lease in his favour.

Electricity prices in the short-term (“spot”) wholesale markets in Australia are surging again.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison is campaigning in the NSW Hunter region as he seeks to pick up Labor seats, after two bad polls for the coalition government.

There is hope the reopening of a coal mine could revitalise a "deserted little town" on the outskirts of Lithgow despite plans to transition away from the fossil fuel.

Six months ago, negotiators at the United Nations’ Glasgow climate summit celebrated a series of new commitments to lower global greenhouse gas emissions and build resilience to the impacts of climate change. Analysts concluded that the new promises, including phasing out coal, would bend the global warming trajectory, though still…

At last year’s Glasgow climate conference, countries lined up to increase their ambition to cut greenhouse gas emissions. Even Australia brought a new target of net-zero emissions by 2050, and signed the final agreement which called for a global “phase down” of coal.