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EU supports COP27 call to phase down all fossil fuels

The European Union supports a call by India to phase down fossil fuel use as part of a COP27 deal, the bloc's climate policy chief Frans Timmermans said on Tuesday, provided it does not weaken previous agreements on reducing the use of coal.

Reuters

US, Japan and EU unveil $20 billion plan to wean Indonesia off coal

Indonesia currently relies on coal, the most carbon-emitting fuel, for roughly 60% of its electricity.

Axios

India’s energy conundrum: committed to renewables but still expanding coal

Critics says India’s plans to increase coal production to 1bn tonnes a year are environmentally devastating and unnecessary

The Guardian - UK

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Indonesia signs deals to accelerate clean energy transition

Indonesia has signed deals with international lenders and major economies that will bring billions of dollars in funding to help the country increase its use of renewable energy

The Independent UK

The Latest | UN Climate Summit

The prime minister of Samoa appealed Tuesday to countries gathered at the U.N. climate talks in Egypt to respond as strongly to the threat of global warming as they did to the coronavirus pandemic

The Independent UK

New Acland coal mine expansion begins in Queensland

Preliminary earthworks begin for a coal mine in southern Queensland after an approval process spanning 15 years.

ABC News

Svitzer's threatened national shutdown of 17 ports returns to Fair Work Commission noon Wednesday

Fair Work Commission intervenes in Svitzer tug-of-war

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U.S., Japan and partners mobilise $20 billion to move Indonesia away from coal

A coalition of countries will mobilise $20 billion of public and private finance to help Indonesia shut coal power plants and bring forward the sector's peak emissions date by seven years to 2030, the United States, Japan and partners said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Queensland mulls gas wells near leak site

The Queensland government says a decision on plans to drill for gas near the contaminated site of Linc Energy's failed coal project is up to the regulator.

AAP

Rich nations stick to coal phase-out as China builds new plants

Rich nations have stuck to pledges to phase out coal power despite the energy crunch in the wake of the Ukraine war but China's expanding coal fleet risks counteracting the climate impact of the closures, a report said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Linc Energy whistleblower warns of continued spread of toxic chemicals from failed coal gas site

A petroleum engineer says he warned regulators years ago about the risk of chemicals, such as cyanide and benzene, spreading through groundwater beyond a failed underground coal gasification site in Queensland.

ABC News

Magnetic South clears land bordering endangered wallaby's habitat, angering conservationists

Taunton National Park is home to the only remaining population of the endangered bridled nailtail wallaby. But land clearing and plans for a coal mine nearby have ecologists concerned about the species' protection.

ABC News

Indian firm with few assets and 'junk' credit rating in the middle of WA's growing energy crisis

At the centre of a deepening energy crisis in Western Australia sits an obscure Indian company with next to no assets and a credit rating deemed as junk by a ratings agency.

ABC News

Australia still trails most developed countries in climate performance ranking

Despite Labor’s increased emissions target, Australia has only improved four places to 55th out of 63 in the annual index

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Japan, Indonesia collaborate as part of Asia-wide emissions cuts

Japan will help to fund Indonesia's transition from coal-fired power to cleaner energy, the countries said on Monday, and invited others to join the collaboration, as part of Japan's effort to reduce planet-warming emissions throughout Asia.

ABC News

Ukraine calls on Australia to send coal and energy infrastructure as war with Russia continues

Ukraine has called on Australia to consider providing energy and infrastructure supply following widespread blackouts.

AAP

Australia still flunks on climate: report

Australia is at the bottom of the class on climate protection, behind the world's biggest emitters, a new index shows.

The Conversation

4 signs of progress at the UN climate change summit

Something significant is happening in the desert in Egypt as countries meet at COP27, the United Nations summit on climate change.

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The Guardian - UK

Country diary: This beach is ever-changing. Today it is black with sea coal

Alnmouth Bay, Northumberland: Once dumped in the water as waste, the coal returns in waving patterns, totally transforming the view

AAP

Anglo Coal fights Qld workplace death case

A worker killed in a Queensland coal mine could not have known the park brake on his underground grader was defective, a Brisbane court has been told.

AAP

Greens urge Bowen on coal and gas

Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen needs to have a firm position on coal and gas projects when he arrives in Egypt for COP27 talks, the Greens say.

The Conversation

South Africa is hooked on fossil fuels: how it got here and how it can get out

South Africa has experienced power shortages with rolling blackouts on an unprecedented scale in 2022. This state of affairs is largely due to technical failures at its ageing fleet of coal power plants.

Reuters

Workers block Colombia coal miner Cerrejon's rail access to export facility

Colombian coal miner Cerrejon, owned by Anglo-Swiss commodities giant Glencore, said on Saturday that a group of former workers has been blocking a rail line to a key export facility on the Caribbean Coast.

Reuters

India seeks COP27 deal to 'phase down' all fossil fuels - sources

India wants countries to agree to phase down all fossil fuels at the COP27 climate summit in Egypt, rather than a narrower deal to phase down coal as was agreed last year, two sources familiar with the negotiations told Reuters on Saturday.

ABC News

Queensland opposition questions why landowners were not informed of contamination outside Linc Energy site

David Crisafulli asks why the state government did not inform the public when high levels of toxic chemicals were found in bores outside the Linc Energy underground coal gasification project on the Darling Downs.

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