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The Queensland government is being urged to take over a troubled coal-fired power plant amid uncertainty about compensation for price caps.

Adam Bandt says deal puts ‘significant hurdles’ in the way of new coal and gas but Chris Bowen insists it will not kill off new investment

“Touring is actually hard to do,” says Nick Cave. “It's not working down the coal mines, of course, but it has its own struggles.”

We should be taking steps to reduce oil drilling, with a carbon-fee-and-dividend plan and eliminating subsidies to the oil, natural gas and coal industries.

Polish coal miners angered by a European Union directive to reduce methane emissions have protested noisily in front of the EU office in Warsaw, saying it will deprive them of their jobs

The modern world runs on electricity, and wires are what carry that electricity to every light, television, heating system, cellphone and computer on the planet. Unfortunately, on average, about 5% of the power generated at a coal or solar power plant is lost as the electricity is transmitted from the…

Some Greens want to pass the safeguard mechanism changes and keep fighting on fossil fuels while others want to attack it as a Coalition creation that can’t be redeemed

The Carmichael mine has been the subject of nation-wide protests by anti-coal activists. Now a man will face court for allegedly assaulting two of the company's workers.

Critics are demanding changes to the proposed safeguard mechanism if methane emissions are to be adequately measured, reported and cut to slow climate change.