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A late heatwave will test NSW’s strained electricity grid – and Perrottet can’t afford any hint of disruption

Labor backs the Coalition’s energy roadmap but accelerated coal plant closures and renewable project delays are raising concerns

The Guardian - AU

Power prices to soar despite coal and gas cap

Australian households face steep electricity price hikes within months, power costs jump as much as 30 per cent in some states.

The New Daily

Air pollution in NSW causes 603 premature deaths and costs $4.8bn a year, study finds

Long-term research into Sydney air quality suggests most people in region are exposed to air pollution at levels considered unsafe by the WHO

The Guardian - AU

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Alaska oil project approval adds yet another climate concern

The Biden administration’s approval of a massive oil development in northern Alaska commits the U.S. to yet another decadeslong crude project

The Independent UK

Mineworker doubts 'real' change will come from parliamentary inquiry into coal mine safety

When veteran miner Scott Leggett goes to work, he leaves behind his nine-year-old daughter Anika who worries he "might get badly injured" or that he won't come home at all.

ABC News

China Green Bulletin: A Fracturing Global EV Supply Chain

Chinese EV and battery-makers are bracing for a sweeping restructuring of the global lithium industrial chain long dominated by China

Caixin Global

Coal-fired Liddell Power Station shouldn't be demolished, Nationals senator Matt Canavan says

Pro-coal Nationals senator Matt Canavan is calling on the federal government to hold the Hunter Valley's Liddell Power Station in "care and maintenance", rather than approving its demolition.

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Growth with India is 'enormous': Resources minister

Australia's abundance of critical minerals can be used to grow the lucrative trade relationship with India, with coal continuing to be exported.

AAP

Greens eye holding balance of power as experts predict tight result in New South Wales election

The Greens say they will not support a Coalition government in New South Wales, but the Labor Party still needs to convince them it is "worth supporting" after this month's election.

ABC News

NSW Greens lay out terms for backing Labor if Chris Minns becomes next premier

A Minns Labor government in NSW would need to scrap a gas pipeline and make all pokies cashless if it wants Greens support

The New Daily

King Coal dethroned as focus of campaign in Upper Hunter

It is perhaps a measure of how much the climate wars have calmed in recent times that coal is no longer the word on the lips of the main combatants in Upper Hunter.

Newcastle Herald

Cap on compensation for harm to workers headed to governor

A bill that would cap some of the damages West Virginia workers and their families can receive if their employer deliberately puts them in harm’s way on the job is headed to the desk of Gov. Jim Justice

The Independent UK

Dark summer nights: India faces high risk of outages

India faces a high risk of nighttime power cuts this summer and in coming years, as delays in adding new coal-fired and hydropower capacity could limit the country's ability to address surging electricity demand when solar energy is not available.

Bangkok Post

James Small-Edwards interview: From scrum-half to city councillor, I still turn to France coach dad for advice

The former Wasps youngster is now carving a new career path in politics, and dad Shaun Edwards is helping him along the way

Evening Standard

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Wales Online

Parts of Cardiff's historic Coal Exchange demolished due to 'structural damage'

The building is Grade 2 listed and had become structurally unsound

AAP

NSW Greens put up a list of balance of power demands

Federal Greens leader Adam Bandt has helped launch the NSW Greens election campaign, listing seven demands that must be met if it holds the balance of power.

Birmingham Post

The farming estate developing a pioneering scheme to capture and bury CO2 as solid carbon

Pilot scheme to make renewable heat, electricity and biochar – reverse coal – which can be buried safely underground

ABC News

NSW government accused of 'cynical' water licence scheme for mines under drinking catchment

Environmental groups say the deal to provide retrospective water licences to coal mines under the Sydney and Illawarra drinking catchment is cynical and full of flaws.

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The New Daily

Coal mines get access to Sydney drinking water stocks

Mining companies have been granted access to Sydney drinking water catchment in a last-minute move from the NSW government, alarming environmental activists.

AAP

'We're not banning coal and gas': Industry minister

Labor's $15 billion manufacturing fund won't ban coal, gas, or logging. The legislation has passed the lower house after a deal was struck with the Greens.

The Guardian - AU

NSW to grant coalmines licences for water from Sydney and Illawarra drinking catchments

Perrottet government quietly gazetted rules day before caretaker period commenced for election campaign

WEKU

3 people are injured in a fiery West Virginia train derailment caused by a rockslide

An empty coal train hit a rockslide along tracks in West Virginia on Wednesday morning, causing a fiery derailment that injured three crewmembers, CSX Transportation said in a statement.

ABC News

Eco-resort and beef jerky the latest hopes to save Collie jobs when coal industry goes

A multi-million dollar riverside resort is on the cards for the WA south-west town but there are calls for the state's $600 million spending to come under more scrutiny.

ABC News

Independent candidates team up to pressure major parties on coal and gas reforms in NSW

A group of eight independents want changes to planning laws for gas pipelines and coal seam gas development in New South Wales.

AAP

Qld plans green energy hub amid coal plant delay

Queensland state-owned CleanCo is calling for expressions of interest to design a clean energy hub after a public coal plant delayed its return to the grid.

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