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Overburden removal severely hit in Singareni’s open cast projects

Last month's decision by the Supreme Court striking down the Clean Power Plan is a blow to the fight against climate change, but it’s not a total knockout. Other existing laws protecting the environment are untouched by the decision in West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency. The broad powers of…

The state governments of NSW, Queensland and Victoria should look to Collie in WA for a model of how to transition away from coal.

One expert says that, if the application reaches the courts, it may set an important precedent, forcing the consideration of climate change in assessments of fossil fuel projects.

Environment minister Tanya Plibersek says she would be ‘carefully considering’ projects referred under EPBC Act

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China’s Foreign Minister told Penny Wong that inflammatory statements by Coalition ministers soured diplomatic relations with Australia.

The U.S. Supreme Court limited how the anti-pollution law can be used to control carbon dioxide emissions from power plants by a 6-3 majority.

Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices sided with coal companies in a recent case over the EPA's authority. But market forces have pushed the ongoing decline of coal power.