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Riot police clear coal mine activists from abandoned German village

Riot police backed by bulldozers removed scores of activists from buildings in an abandoned village in western Germany on Thursday in a second day of confrontations over the expansion of a coal mine.

Reuters

Police press ahead with clearance of condemned German hamlet

Police are pressing ahead with the clearance of a condemned village in western Germany where activists are vowing to hold out against its demolition to make way for the expansion of a coal mine

The Independent UK

Scots oil and gas workers need proper plan for the future

Record View insists it is vital we avoid the catastrophic destruction of communities that came with the end of our coal industry in the 80s.

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Riot police evict people from village as it's demolished to make way for coal mine

Protestors who had camped out in trees and tents were seen "screaming" as they were forced out of a village yesterday to make way for a controversial new coal mine

Daily Mirror

Greens to push Labor on new carbon rules

The Greens are pushing Labor to consider a more ambitious revamp of its safeguard mechanism scheme, to stop new coal and gas projects.

AAP

UK coal-burning power facility to stay open two years longer than planned

Ratcliffe-on-Soar’s fourth unit to be kept viable until late 2024 as ministers make request prompted by energy crisis

The Guardian - UK

German coal mine standoff escalates as police move on protesters

In a bid to prevent the Garzweiler mine’s expansion, activists say they will keep trying to defend Luetzerath village.

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Police move on coal mine protesters barricaded in abandoned German village

Hundreds of police began clearing climate protesters out of an abandoned village on Wednesday in a showdown over the expansion of an opencast lignite mine that has highlighted tensions around Germany's climate policy during an energy crisis.

Reuters

Protests to save a village from being swallowed by a coal mine expose Germany's climate conflict

Germany made a strong return to coal burning after the war in Ukraine cut off Russian gas supplies.

Fortune

Police begin moving toward German village condemned for mine

Police have begun moving toward a condemned village in western Germany, in an apparent preparation to evict activists holed up at the site in an effort to prevent its demolition to make way for the expansion of a coal mine

The Independent UK

German coal mine clash pits laws against climate

The fate of a tiny village has sparked heated debate in Germany over the country’s continued use of coal and whether tackling climate change justifies breaking the law

The Independent UK

Greens propose coal industry levy as March NSW election policy for Stockton beach

Using coal profits to pay for Stockton beach rehabilitation

Newcastle Herald

Focus on taking care of Newcastle's blooms, not driving some kind of boom

The city needs fewer hard surfaces. Please make The Station and the South Newcastle Skateboard area the last gasp of this council's love affair with concrete.

Newcastle Herald

German police clash with activists in showdown over coal mine expansion

Police on Tuesday began dismantling barricades and dragged away activists staging a sit-in protest against the expansion of an opencast lignite mine that has highlighted tensions over Germany's climate policy during an energy crisis.

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The Independent UK

German court rejects activist bid to stay in doomed village

A court in Germany has rejected a last-ditch attempt by climate activists to stay in an abandoned village which is due to be cleared for the expansion of a coal mine that’s become a battleground between the government and environmentalists

ABC News

Federal government to lower emissions ceiling on biggest polluters by 4.9 per cent each year

The government will revamp a climate mechanism introduced by the Coalition government, proposing a 4.9 per cent cut on allowable emissions for the nation's biggest emitters each year to 2030.

Newcastle Herald

Greens' plan to tax coal to fix Stockton Beach

The Port of Newcastle and the coal industry would be required to contribute to an environmental levy that would pay for the restoration and maintenance of Stockton Beach if the Greens hold the balance of power following the March state election.

360info

Black days ahead if coal city does not change

Unsafe and disaster-prone, extractive towns are still attractive to migrant workers.

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Rail giant Aurizon to increase fees to transport non-coal commodities in central Queensland

Millions of taxpayer dollars were spent on a stretch of central Queensland rail line which could soon be too expensive to use.

ABC News

Scientists alarmed at discovery of sick frogs in Royal National Park near coal mine pollution

Scientists raise concerns about the health of frogs in the Royal National Park, after sick amphibians were found near the site of coal mine pollution.

The Independent UK

Climate activists dig in to defend village from coal mine

Climate activists are pledging to defend a tiny village in western Germany from being bulldozed for the expansion of a nearby coal mine

Daily Mirror

North Korean students sent to work in coal mine for using WRONG dialect

Kim Jong-un is known for taking a hard line on attempts to bring in music, films or television shows from South Korea with smugglers believed to have been put to death

Chronicle Live

Hundreds of families visit "conversation-creating" ice trail at Northumberland museum

Coal and Ice at Woodhorn Museum is thought to have attracted more than 2,000 people over its two-day run

The Guardian - UK

Great Britain’s windfarm electricity at record high in 2022 but gas use up too

Wind-powered electricity rose to 26.8% of 2022 usage while gas-fired power, at 38.5%, continued growth as largest single source

Newcastle Herald

Australian coal exporter confidence on the rise as China allows imports to resume

Australia-China relations appear on the mend amid reports Beijing will allow coal imports to resume for the first time since 2020.

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