The Latest Breaking News from Coal

The atmosphere at the end of last month's UN Climate Change Conference (COP27) in Egypt was rather sobering. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has forced countries to turn to thermal coal and other fossil fuels to meet their energy needs, likely postponing the transition to a net-zero economy. But COP27 also…

The court on Tuesday found Macdonald had no reasonable cause or justification to grant two licences to Hunter Valley company Doyles Creek Mining in 2008.

Hunter-Central Coast REZ and Sydney Ring - Hunter Transmission Project are included in the agreement.

The Victorian Supreme Court has ruled in favour of the Environmental Protection Agency in the first case to test Victorian climate change legislation.

Only treated wastewater is now proposed to run into Dawson River, home to the white-throated snapping turtle

In the Saarland, medical debt is practically nonexistent

Lawyer in a civil lawsuit launched by towns in hurricane-hit Puerto Rico describes why it is using laws used to target mob bosses

An unknown amount of taxpayer money will be spent helping an insolvent coal miner that is $1.4 billion in the red keep its lights on, with the supply of electricity at peak times depending on it.

The long read: In a pristine forest in central India, the multibillion-dollar mining giant Adani has razed trees – and homes – to dig more coal. How does this kind of destruction get the go-ahead?

World-first 3D laser-scanning technology makes coal mining safer by giving workers a view of what's underground without actually having to be there.

A mysterious entrepreneur sits in the middle of an Australian energy crisis. Where he came from, who he is, and how he got involved has been an untold story until now.