The Latest Breaking News from Coal

Despite the energy crisis sparked by the Ukraine war, a phasing out of coal continued across the world in 2022, according to a new report by the NGO Global Energy Monitor. Everywhere except China, where new coal production capacity under development increased, offsetting the gains in the rest of the…

About 5 percent of the power generated at a coal or solar power plant is lost as the electricity is transmitted from the plant to its final destination.

While the former NSW government was in caretaker mode, mining giant Santos was given approval to reactivate four wells in the NSW north west for coal seam gas exploration, but local farmers are vowing to fight the decision.

There is a signal beneath the noise, and it is bigger than just the safeguard mechanism

The burning of coal for electricity, cement, steel and other uses went up in 2022 despite global promises to phase down the fuel that’s the biggest source of planet-warming gases in the atmosphere, a report Wednesday found

World needs to stop building new plants and close existing ones at almost five times the current rate to meet Paris agreement goals

The rules would lower emissions of mercury and other toxic pollutants that can harm brain development of young children and contribute to heart attacks and other health problems in adults.

The Environmental Protection Agency is tightening rules that limit emissions of mercury and other harmful pollutants from coal-fired power plants

Dr Kerry Schott warns she is not confident her assessment captures the full extent of cost blowouts and delays