The Latest Breaking News from Coal

Hunter coal's last chapters being written, but blank pages remain

Many things possible for Hunter's remaining players during mining transition

Newcastle Herald · Dec 3, 2023

COP28 Climate Summit | India will not be bound by curbs on energy use: Environment Secretary

At COP28, India was conspicuously absent from a list of 118 countries signed on to a pledge to triple installed renewable energy capacity by 2030

The Hindu · Dec 3, 2023

Cop28 president says there is ‘no science’ behind demands for phase-out of fossil fuels

Exclusive: UAE’s Sultan Al Jaber says phase-out of coal, oil and gas would take world ‘back into caves’

The Guardian - UK · Dec 3, 2023

I was one of 109 people arrested for blockading Newcastle's coal port

DESPERATE CLIMATE: We are fighting for our lives, and yet we are the ones treated like criminals.

Newcastle Herald · Dec 1, 2023

'We can't let it fail': more govt cash for coal mine

Taxpayers will fork out $220 million to prop up a failed coal mine, critical for electricity generation in West Australia.

AAP · Dec 1, 2023

Lake Macquarie power stations in the crosshairs of EPA licence review

EPA received 100 submissions as part of licence condition review.

Newcastle Herald · Dec 1, 2023

Fossil fuel projects awaiting approval could blow Australia’s ‘carbon budget’ tenfold, climate groups say

Exclusive: More than 20bn tonnes of Co2 could be emitted if 30 developments were to go ahead

The Guardian - AU · Nov 30, 2023

Good, bad and ugly: Which States use clean fuel for power production and which do not | Data

BRICS nations wrangle over climate change at U.N. summit; China leads in clean and dirty energy, India's progress in producing clean and renewable slow. China's share of fossil energy in power production declined from 82-65% between 2000 and 2022, India's share in clean energy increased from 17-23%. Brazil, Ethiopia have…

The Hindu · Nov 30, 2023

Wyoming coal mine is shedding jobs ahead of the power plant's coal-to-gas conversion

A Wyoming coal mine that supplies fuel to a power plant that will be converted to burn gas instead of coal will lay off 19 workers

The Independent UK · Nov 30, 2023

How the kayaks got loose on the Newcastle Harbour (and what it says about climate protests)

Are protests the right way to deal with climate change?

Newcastle Herald · Nov 30, 2023