The Latest Breaking News from Coal

Meeting Indonesia's pledge to phase out coal power in just 15 years and reach net-zero emissions by mid-century is a "daunting task" that will require immediate and ambitious action, experts warn.

The shift is driven largely by a decline in production from coal, gas and oil, as well as growing wind, solar and biomass power

In South Africa, the new 2024 Climate Change Act requires local governments to plan responses to global warming. These local authorities should find ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions where possible, such as from their bus services, and reduce their use of electricity that is produced by burning coal. They…

Planned legislation includes body that would monitor abandoned tips in effort to prevent disasters

Peter Dutton dismisses the latest analysis from the national science agency. Here’s what it says about energy costs – and the opposition’s criticism

National science agency dismisses argument nuclear’s economics have not been adequately considered in new draft report

A Pennsylvania coroner’s office says investigators believe they have located the body of a woman who was last seen four days earlier near a sinkhole above a shuttered coal mine

Digging crews are resuming work in the effort to locate a woman who authorities fear died after falling into a sinkhole above an abandoned Pennsylvania coal mine

New liquefied natural gas projects could produce 10 gigatonnes of emissions by the end of the decade, close to the annual emissions of all coal plants

Australia has long tried to be two things at once – a trusted friend to Pacific nations in a bid to reduce China’s influence, and a giant exporter of fossil fuels. This diplomatic tightrope has become increasingly hard to walk, as Pacific nations see climate change as an existential threat.

Learn about the dangers of mine subsidence and abandoned mines in the U.S., posing risks to safety and the environment.