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Opponents of Australia cutting emissions pointed to China’s lack of a target. That argument just got harder to make

With China accounting for nearly a third of the world’s total emissions, any cuts it achieves will make a substantial difference for the world – and for fossil fuel exports

The Guardian - AU

Electricity generation costs would be up to 50% higher if Australia stuck with coal and gas only

Griffith University experts reveal the 30% increase in consumer power bills since 2021 would have been worse under fossil fuel-only scenario

The Guardian - AU

Conservationists outraged at coal-fired future

The extended shelf life of coal-fired power has enraged conservation groups, with one state declaring it will be in use for decades.

AAP

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Trump calls climate change a 'con job' as leaders of drowning nations watch at the UN

Trump called renewable sources of energy like wind power a “joke" and blasted the UN's climate efforts.

Euronews

'Call to arms': peak body joins coal royalties fight

A resources sector peak body has issued a "call to arms" urging businesses to join the fight against a state government's controversial coal royalties scheme.

AAP

'Green scam': At UN, watched by drowning nations' leaders, Trump assails the ethos of climate change

In his address at the United Nations General Assembly, U.S. President Donald Trump excoriated renewable energy, international climate diplomacy, the science of global warming and other environmental issues

The Independent UK

'Greatest Con Job Ever': Trump Trashes Climate Science At UN

He mocked renewables as a "joke," praised "clean, beautiful coal" and declared climate change the "greatest con job ever."

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Trump goes off script in UN address, praising Germany for returning to nuclear energy and fossil fuels: 'All green is all bankrupt'

In remarks tied to the UN week, Trump repeated the argument that Europe—and specifically Germany—turned back to traditional fuels after pursuing renewables, casting it as proof that rapid green transitions don’t work.

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Axios

Coal down, solar up: Australia halfway to 2030 target

Growing rooftop solar installations and more large-scale energy projects are pushing Australia closer to its renewable goals, the market operator says.

AAP

Queensland coalmines marked for closure ‘uneconomic’, analysis shows, despite sector blaming royalties scheme

Findings show ‘zombie mines’ often restarted during coal price spikes and mothballed as prices return to normal levels

The Guardian - AU

Indonesia's clean energy future is at the center of a supply struggle between the US and China

Indonesia’s clean energy future is at a crossroads

The Independent UK

Premier takes a dig at miners in coal royalties rumble

A veiled swipe has been taken at "fairweather friends" by the premier of a state losing hundreds of mining jobs against the backdrop of a fight over royalties.

AAP

Countries’ fossil fuel plans risk derailing efforts to limit global warming to 1.5°C, report warns

A new report highlights how governments’ fossil fuel production plans contradict climate commitments.

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Roll Call

Federal coal push could slow US emissions reduction progress - Roll Call

A policy shift toward fossil fuels, including coal, and away from renewables could have implications for recent declines in U.S. emissions.

The Guardian - UK

Nations’ plans to ramp up coal, gas and oil extraction ‘will put climate goals beyond reach’

New data shows governments now planning more fossil fuel production in coming decades than they were in 2023

The Independent UK

Trump has declared war on the transgender community, leaving Americans to seek asylum — from America

‘CANARIES IN THE COAL MINE’: Four trans Americans claiming refuge abroad tell Io Dodds why they no longer feel safe in their home country, from fears of martial law to being arrested in changing rooms

The Guardian - AU

BHP blames ‘coal tax’ for job layoffs. But there’s obvious reasons coalmines aren’t as profitable anymore

Rising wages and costs of having to dig deeper for minerals – not royalty payments – are behind job cuts in a sector that appears to be in decline

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The Independent UK

Trump administration moves to revoke permit for Massachusetts offshore wind project

The Trump administration has moved to block a Massachusetts offshore wind farm, its latest effort to hobble an industry and technology that President Donald Trump has attacked as “ugly” and unreliable compared to fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas

AAP

'Un-Australian': scheme under fire as mine jobs slashed

A government royalty regime must be reassessed after three coal companies announced job cuts and mine closures in recent days, an analyst says.

The Guardian - AU

Value of Australia’s coal and gas exports will plunge 50% in five years, treasury modelling forecasts

Figure amounts to a $60bn fall by 2030 under any future scenario of emissions reduction in Australia, modelling predicts

AAP

Further job losses deal fresh blow to coal mine workers

A third mining company in as many days has announced job cuts, taking aim at a coal royalties scheme as it prepares to close an underground site.

AAP

'Collateral damage': hundreds more mining jobs axed

About 1000 workers will be out of a job after a second major miner revealed cuts, sparking fears communities will pay a heavy price in a royalties dispute.

The Guardian - AU

As the Queensland town of Dysart is rocked by BHP’s job cuts, one shop is bracing for a surge in work: Vinnies

When news broke that the Saraji South coalmine would be mothballed by November, the town began preparing to farewell even more jobs

The Guardian - AU

Queensland deputy premier labels BHP ‘unAustralian’ as mining giant blames job cuts on coal royalties scheme

Jarrod Bleijie defends levy as BHP Mitsubishi Alliance moves to mothball Saraji South mine and slash 750 jobs

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