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December 31, 2025

Here we go again: Retiring coal plant forced to stay open by Trump Admin

This time, a Colorado plant scheduled to shut down will be kept on standby. ...

December 12, 2025

Coalmine expansions would breach climate targets, NSW government warned in ‘game-changer’ report

Environmental advocates welcome Net Zero Commission’s report which found the fossil fuel was ‘not consistent’ with emissions reductions commitments

November 30, 2025

Rising Tide protest: climate activists stop three ships from entering world’s largest coal port in Newcastle

NSW police arrest 141 people as campaigners demand federal government cancel planned fossil fuel projects and tax existing operations at 78%

November 26, 2025

Solar’s growth in US almost enough to offset rising energy use

Over the course of 2025, electricity demand has gradually declined. ...

November 17, 2025

South Korean decision to close all coal-fired power plants by 2040 sounds alarm for Australian exports

Decision announced at Cop30 climate conference signposts risks for Australia’s reliance on fossil fuel exports, analysts say

October 15, 2025

Adani denies claims it sold ‘below-market coal’ leading to Queensland missing out on hundreds of millions in royalties

Adani has strongly rejected the Australia Institute’s findings, including that customers paid an average of $102 a tonne in 2022-23

October 07, 2025

Fiery Senate exchange reveals investigation into coal firm allegedly clearing endangered greater glider habitat

Greens senator Sarah Hanson-Young called environment department bureaucrats ‘weak’ - though later withdrew the remarkGet our

September 23, 2025

Queensland coalmines marked for closure ‘uneconomic’, analysis shows, despite sector blaming royalties scheme

Findings show ‘zombie mines’ often restarted during coal price spikes and mothballed as prices return to normal levels

August 27, 2025

US‘s spike in electricity use is slowing down a bit

Half of a year of data shows that the solar boom is not slowing down. ...

August 13, 2025

Commonwealth Bank posts record $10.25bn profit and...

Australia’s biggest bank delivers bumper payout to shareholders as CBA vows to end lending to coal companies with no net zero plans

August 11, 2025

UK taxpayers on hook as failed Cumbria coalmine investors sue government

Singapore firm using secretive international legal system to seek compensation for climate concerns blocking plansThe UK government is being sued in...

August 05, 2025

Australia’s biggest battery now on standby to prevent NSW power blackouts

The Waratah Super Battery will stabilise the grid and put further downward pressure on electricity prices, experts say

Coal Articles

Here we go again: Retiring coal plant forced to stay open by Trump Admin

Coalmine expansions would breach climate targets, NSW government warned in ‘game-changer’ report

Rising Tide protest: climate activists stop three ships from entering world’s largest coal port in Newcastle

Solar’s growth in US almost enough to offset rising energy use

South Korean decision to close all coal-fired power plants by 2040 sounds alarm for Australian exports

Adani denies claims it sold ‘below-market coal’ leading to Queensland missing out on hundreds of millions in royalties

Fiery Senate exchange reveals investigation into coal firm allegedly clearing endangered greater glider habitat

Queensland coalmines marked for closure ‘uneconomic’, analysis shows, despite sector blaming royalties scheme

US‘s spike in electricity use is slowing down a bit

Commonwealth Bank posts record $10.25bn profit and...

UK taxpayers on hook as failed Cumbria coalmine investors sue government

Australia’s biggest battery now on standby to prevent NSW power blackouts