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'Devastating loss': Hunter's Craig Hugo dies in tragic mine shaft fall

Cessnock man Craig Hugo was a contractor for Yancoal.

Newcastle Herald

India Coal Expansion Risks Massive Methane Growth: Report

India's plans to expand coal mining could double emissions of the potent greenhouse gas methane from its domestic coal sector by 2029, threatening its climate goals, a report warned Thursday.

International Business Times

There's a steady stream of reasons for all this voter apathy

'This communication deficit was inevitable.'

Newcastle Herald

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How translators performed the herculean task of localizing the most incomprehensibly British videogame of all time into German, Portuguese and Traditional Chinese: 'What on Earth are these characters even talking about?'

"Despite years of experience, seeing the localization kit for the first time felt like a cold shower."

PC Gamer

Man’s body found in water at bottom of decommissioned NSW mine shaft

Worker, 59, fell down Austar Coal Mine shaft and body was retrieved almost 24 hours later with investigations continuing at Ellalong

The Guardian - AU

'End Of An Era': UK To Shut Last Coal-fired Power Plant

Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station has dominated the landscape of the English East Midlands for nearly 60 years, looming over the small town of the same name and a landmark on the M1 motorway bisecting Derby and Nottingham.

International Business Times

South Africa’s move to green energy was slowed down by government to protect coal mining

South Africa’s Department of Mineral Resources and Energy was split in two after the 2024 general elections: Electricity and Energy and Mineral and Petroleum Resources. Part of the reason was to prevent conflicts of interest. Before the 2024 elections, the transition to renewable energy was at odds with the development…

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Will Coal Prices Rally?

Coal is a fossil fuel along with crude oil and natural gas. Due to its contributions to worldwide pollution, coal has been a four-letter work in the energy sector. China and India, the world’s most populous countries, depend on coal for power generation.

Barchart

Coal Phase-out Fuels Far Right In Rural Eastern Germany

White clouds still billow from the cooling towers of a coal plant near Spremberg in Germany's ex-communist east but the end is in sight as Berlin phases out the dirty fossil fuel.

International Business Times

How Reliable Is America's Electrical Grid?

Coal and natural gas are more reliable but they can't compete with massively subsidized wind and solar. That's a problem.

Reason

'Space trash' will lead us to intelligent aliens, Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb says

The long-sought evidence of alien life could be lurking in Earth's oceans, says Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb. Here is his plan to find it.

LiveScience

Newcastle were simply the better side on the day, Mr Bennett

Letters: 'How about giving credit to the Knights?'

Newcastle Herald

High Court rejects the UK's first new coal mine in 30 years

A judge has rejected plans for the U.K.'s first coal mine in three decades, delivering a victory for environmental groups

The Independent UK

UK Blocks Approval Of First Coal Mine In 30 Years

Environmental campaigners on Friday claimed a "huge victory" after a court ruling overturned a decision to allow planning permission for the UK's first deep coal mine in 30 years.

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The Guardian - UK

High court blocks Cumbria plan for UK’s first new deep coalmine in 30 years

Court rules against West Cumbria Mining’s fossil fuel development in Whitehaven

Newcastle Herald

Eraring power station confirms it doesn't need Centennial's coal

Most of Eraring's coal stockpile comes from the Hunter Valley.

The Independent UK

Are Indonesia and Vietnam's multibillion-dollar clean energy deals stuck? Experts say not yet

Indonesia and Vietnam signed multibillion-dollar energy transition deals in 2022 that were heralded as drastic shifts in financing that would enable the coal-dependent countries to pivot to cleaner energy

Newcastle Herald

Nanny state: average speed cameras are just a cash grab too far

Letters: 'When do we start to say enough is enough?'

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The Guardian - AU

Labor’s stalled environmental agenda under pressure from left and right

While the Greens remain hopeful of compromise, the PM has indicated he wants a deal struck with the Coalition

Newcastle Herald

'The rug has been pulled out from under them': 200 job cuts at coalface

Union says Centennial Coal workers are 'incredibly disappointed'.

AAP

Bill aims to pass go on proving credentials of hydrogen

Hydrogen producers may be able to prove the alternative fuel was made with renewables, not coal or gas, as trading partners plan to levy carbon-laden imports.

The Guardian - US

Fracking explained: why the fossil fuel extraction process became a US election issue

Harris reiterates she won’t ban fracking if elected as Trump runs ads stating the opposite in tight Pennsylvania race

The Guardian - AU

Inside Eraring, the giant coal-fired power station that escaped a 2025 death sentence

Shifts in the NSW plant’s control room look a lot different now to what they did 20 years ago – largely because of the progress of renewables

The Guardian - US

A coal plant bulldozed an Ohio town displacing residents. Now its owners include a big Trump donor

Gavin coal plant, now part-owned by Blackstone whose CEO backs Trump, bought Cheshire in 2002 to move people en masse. Two decades later, locals recall its noxious fumes

Newcastle Herald

Harbour blockade 'protest-ival' was no reason to can cruise ship visit

'The flotilla is peaceful, organised and mobile.'

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