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Harbour anti-coal blockade could stop ships even if made illegal: court

Police are seeking to have the protest blocked.

Newcastle Herald

Coal-port protest could stop ships even if made illegal

NSW Police have gone to court to stop a planned blockade of the world's largest coal port in a move campaigners have declared a waste of taxpayer money.

AAP

World may be merely scratching the surface on the scope of climate-changing methane emissions

The amount of the powerful climate-changing gas methane spilling out of oil and gas equipment, coal mines and landfills globally is nowhere near fully documented and what is known is “only scratching the surface” according to the CEO of one the companies that tracks methane with its own satellites

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'It's been a saviour to me': two things that saved coal train driver's life

'They laid me off - see ya later. It was the best job ever.'

Newcastle Herald

Take away Lidia Thorpe's right to protest at your peril, armchair critics

Letters: 'Anyone would think she committed murder.'

Newcastle Herald

Port climate protest opposed due to safety risks

Police are opposing a climate group's protest against coal exports at a NSW port due to safety and economic risks and concerns over civil disobedience.

AAP

What's on this weekend in Newcastle and the Hunter Region

Markets, live music, author talks, art and more.

Newcastle Herald

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Supreme Court asked to intervene Newcastle Harbour blockade application

Supreme Court to NSW Police case against harbour blockade.

Newcastle Herald

Biden Delivered on Infrastructure and Jobs. Will Voters in Purple States Like Pennsylvania Keep This Progress Going?

Harris cast the deciding vote to make the Inflation Reduction Act law. Trump has vowed to claw back as much of that money as he can.

Capital & Main

Sceptics question BHP pursuit of 'risky' carbon capture

BHP says it is "unapologetically" looking at carbon capture and storage as sceptics question the mining giant's pursuit of the technology over other solutions.

AAP

Big coal miner stares down protests, shareholder vote

Shareholders voting at Whitehaven Coal's annual general meeting have supported the company's executive remuneration plan, defeating moves to spill the board.

AAP

BHP digs in over coal royalties and labour hire stance

Multinational BHP says it will continue to work with the Queensland government over coal royalties after protesters demonstrated outside their AGM.

AAP

‘Britain’s brass bands older than thought and invented Napoleonic War soldiers’

The findings challenge the held belief that brass bands originated with coal miners and other industrial communities between the 1830s and 1850s.

The Independent UK

Study reveals Britain’s first brass bands helped win wars

It was originally thought brass bands were inevented with coal miners

The Independent UK

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Evening Standard

Britain’s brass bands ‘older than thought’ and could date to Napoleonic War

The findings challenge the held belief that brass bands originated with coal miners and other industrial communities between the 1830s and 1850s.

AAP

Police oppose major protest to block crucial coal port

Thousands of people, including musician and ex-environment minister Peter Garrett, are expected to attend a blockade of the Port of Newcastle

The Guardian - AU

Attorney general considering releasing full robodebt report – As it happened

All the day’s news as it unfolded

The Guardian - AU

NSW police fight to stop Newcastle port ‘protestival’ in second court challenge to protests in a month

Rising Tide event would involve thousands of paddling climate activists blocking coal exports

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Newcastle Herald

Top cop appeals to court to stop Newcastle harbour blockade

Police attempt to stop Rising Tide's harbour blockade.

The Guardian - AU

Let’s be clear, Peter Dutton’s energy plan is more focused on coal and gas than it is on nuclear power

It seems reasonable to call the Coalition’s policy what it primarily is: a proposal to expand fossil fuels

Capital & Main

Drill, Baby, Drill? Former Big Oil Exec Says That’s Exactly What the Industry Doesn’t Need.

Former ConocoPhillips economist Marianne Kah on the election: Whether it's Harris or Trump, the outcome likely won't affect oil production.

The Guardian - AU

Whitehaven Coal faces rare shareholder action over mining plans and CEO’s $7m bonus

Australian miner paying ‘massive bonuses’ for ‘steamrolling ahead with an outdated and unacceptably risky coal growth strategy’, activists say

The Guardian - AU

Coalition’s nuclear plan is ‘today’s version of a lump of coal in parliament’, inquiry told

Renewables advocate tells parliamentary hearing that opposition’s nuclear proposal is a ‘smokescreen’ for burning coal and gas

The Guardian - US

Lopsided playing field: executives with deep pockets spend big on Oakland recall races

California’s billionaires have altered San Francisco politics. The playbook is being repeated across the Bay

The Independent UK

Indonesian forests pay the price for the growing global biomass energy demand

The global push for biomass that can be burned for energy is causing concern about the price Indonesia's forests are paying

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