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One killed, another injured, when coal mine collapsed in Meghalaya’s Shallang area; owner arrested

“The owner was identified as Hubath R. Sangma of Gurakalam village in the district’s Shallang area after an investigation into the mishap,” officials said.

The Hindu

Solar briefly overtakes coal in Australia as number one source of power nationally

Solar energy eclipsed coal as the lead source of power across the national energy market at lunchtime on Friday, something experts say will become more common.

ABC News

Australia's energy crisis makes winners out of fossil fuel exporters and losers of everyone else, expert says

Record high energy prices are proving to be no picnic for the country's biggest power providers. So who is 'making out like a bandit'?

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Mishap at Meghalaya coal mine leaves one dead, another hurt

The incident happened in the Shallang area of West Khasi Hills district

The Hindu

Greens signal fresh fight over fossil fuels as Labor revamps safeguard mechanism to cut industrial emissions

Albanese government confident its policy will have bipartisan support, limiting the Greens’ ability to secure any concessions

The Guardian - AU

Our politicians are ducking the hard truths of this energy crisis

Whatever you think of the various proposals to deal with the energy crisis, one fact stands out beyond all others. As a nation, we are worse off. Natural gas prices are eight times higher than they were at the beginning of 2021. Much of the increase occurred before Vladimir Putin…

Evening Standard

BHP pauses coal investments in Qld over royalty rises, future of Blackwater South mine in doubt

The decision means investment into the new Blackwater South coal mine in central Queensland is now paused.

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Push for 400 per cent increase in coal royalties

NSW coal royalties could increase by 400 per cent this financial year, leaving billions more to support regional communities undergoing energy transition, if a progressive royalty system that better reflected record coal prices was introduced.

Newcastle Herald

Letters: Newcastle's music scene can't afford to lose iconic venue

Newcastle Herald readers have their say

Newcastle Herald

To rescue 10 trapped miners, Mexico turns to German, U.S. companies

Mexico will ask both a German and a U.S. company to help rescue 10 miners who have been trapped in a coal mine for nearly two weeks, officials said on Tuesday, as families urged quicker action to save the trapped men.

Reuters

Railways tests Super Vasuki to mark I-Day

The 3.5-km-long train can carry over 27,000 tonnes of coal

The Hindu

BHP to make record dividend payment after coal recovery lights up its annual earnings

World’s biggest miner expects demand from China to be a ‘source of stability’ in the year ahead

Evening Standard

Total methane emissions have declined since 1991, but methane emissions from livestock are up

The Inflation Reduction Act aims to reduce emissions from agriculture and natural gas systems , the top two sources of methane emissions

USAFacts

More flooding in Mexican mine frustrates rescue effort for 10 miners

Mexico's efforts to save 10 miners who became trapped in a flooded coal mine 13 days ago hit another setback as underground water levels have surged higher, officials said on Monday.

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The Independent UK

New climate deal spurs hopes of more carbon storage projects

A project in the country's top coal-producing area seeks to pump the carbon dioxide produced by burning that coal back underground

The Guardian - UK

Monday briefing: From Germany to Japan, five plans to confront the energy crisis

In today’s newsletter: Nationalising utilities, firing up disused coal plants and restrictions on air con – this is how other nations are tackling spiralling energy chaos

AAP

Greens want Vic coal plants' early closure

Victoria's coal-fired power plants would be shut down in the next eight years, compared with by 2046, under a Greens bill to be introduced to parliament.

Newcastle Herald

Resources minister says 'astounding' level of coal in national power grid

Bob Hawes wants gas, Resources Minister Madeleine King questions coal

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The Guardian - AU

Greens propose shutting down all Victorian coal-fired power plants by 2030

Exclusive: New bill also increases the state’s legislated renewable energy target to 100% by decade’s end

The New Daily

‘We’ve fixed it’: Bowen says of renewables transition but work on details continues

'We've fixed it,' says Chris Bowen, but the government is yet to reach a definitive answer on some of the key details relating to energy transition.

Manchester Evening News

Can Manchester avoid a winter of blackouts?

Worst-case scenario could see country left short of power

Newcastle Herald

Herald team wins NSW journalism award

Five Herald reporters have won a prestigious NSW journalism award for the newspaper's Power and the Passion series about the Hunter's transition from coal to renewable energy.

The Independent UK

Climate bill: Could coal communities shift to nuclear?

A major economic bill headed to the president has “game-changing” incentives for the nuclear energy industry, experts say, and those tax credits are even more substantial if a facility is sited in a community with a coal plant that's closing

The Independent UK

A battle for Ukraine’s mineral and energy wealth

After nearly six months of fighting, Moscow’s invasion has yielded at least one big reward write Anthony Faiola and Dalton Bennett

The Independent UK

Initial dives in collapsed Mexican mine unsuccessful

Rescue divers’ first attempts to reach 10 miners trapped inside a flooded coal mine since last week were stopped by debris-filled shafts and poor visibility

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