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Change to bill says opening and licensing of new coalmines by the Coal Authority to be prohibited

THE Government has suffered a defeat at Westminster as peers narrowly backed a ban on the opening of new coal mines.

Less coal was burned in the last three months of 2022 than in any quarter since December 1990.

Fifty climate change activists were charged with unlawful protest near Australia's biggest coal export port on Sunday after protesters climbed on a coal train.

Dozens of people have been arrested after protesters scaled a train bound for the Port of Newcastle and shovelled coal out of its wagons.

About 50 protesters have been arrested during a climate change protest near the world's largest coal export port of Newcastle.

Rising Tide direct action shuts down the coal line to Kooragang Island for at least three hours on Sunday.

Rising Tide Climate Activists demand an end to coal exports from Port of Newcastle

The Group of Seven rich nations have agreed to call for reducing gas consumption and increasing electricity from renewable sources while phasing out fossil-fuels faster and building no new coal-fired plants, France's energy transition minister said on Saturday. G7 environment and energy ministers, however, could not agree on a specific…