The Latest Breaking News from Coal

First Thing: Israelis gather to mark two years since 7 October Hamas attack

A rally in Tel Aviv will call for release of remaining hostages in Gaza. Plus, global renewable energy generation surpasses coal for first time

The Guardian - UK · Oct 7, 2025

Renewables Overtake Coal But Growth Slows: Reports

Solar and wind farms generated more electricity than coal for the first time on record this year, but US and Chinese policy shifts are slowing growth, putting a global 2030 target out of reach, reports said on Tuesday.

International Business Times · Oct 7, 2025

Fiery Senate exchange reveals investigation into coal firm allegedly clearing endangered greater glider habitat

Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young called environment department bureaucrats ‘weak’ - though later withdrew the remark

The Guardian - AU · Oct 7, 2025

Company bids less than a penny per ton in biggest US coal sale in over a decade

A Navajo tribe-owned company has bid $186,000 to lease 167 million tons of coal on federal lands in southeastern Montana

The Independent UK · Oct 6, 2025

Donald Trump Is the Coal President

Just as Biden’s preference for renewables distorted markets and harmed consumers, so too does Trump’s bias toward coal.

Reason · Oct 5, 2025

Trump’s hatred for renewables means the US is falling behind the rest of the world

As well as embracing ‘beautiful coal’, the president has set about obliterating clean energy projects

The Guardian - UK · Oct 5, 2025

Trump is reviving large sales of coal from public lands. Will anyone want it?

U.S. officials in coming days are set to hold the government’s biggest coal sales in more than a decade

The Independent UK · Oct 4, 2025

Trump Is Betting Big on Rare Earth Minerals. He Could Snap Up These 3 Stocks Next.

Investors should consider gaining exposure to rare earth metal stocks, given that the Trump administration is eying equity stakes in strategic material companies.

Barchart · Oct 1, 2025

PR firms are spreading climate misinformation on behalf of fossil fuel companies. Could Australia stop them?

Have you heard offshore windfarms kill whales? (They don’t.) Or that electric vehicles catch fire more often than petrol cars? (It’s the opposite.) Perhaps you’ve heard “natural” gas is clean? (It can be worse than coal.)

The Conversation · Oct 1, 2025

Queensland’s biggest coal-fired power station could close six years early

Crisafulli government wants coal plants to run longer – reversing previous Queensland Labor government’s plans to end reliance on coal power by 2035

The Guardian - AU · Oct 1, 2025