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New evidence says gas exports damage the climate even more than coal. It’s time Australia took serious action

New evidence shows gas exports damage the climate even more than coal. It’s time Australia took serious action

The Guardian - AU

For sake of the city, just get on with the job

Letters and Short Takes: Tuesday, October 15, 2024

Newcastle Herald

Ghana needs to stop households from using firewood: what must be done

Cooking on firewood and coal increases air pollution and ill health. Some of the dangers include stunted growth in children and undernutrition in children and adults. Babies who’ve been exposed to charcoal and firewood smoke while in the womb can have reduced birth weight.

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AP PHOTOS: Likely in its last decade, a Czech coal mine provides fuel for electricity and heat

Deep underground in northeastern Czech Republic, workers in the region's last-functioning coal mine drill, load and haul the fuel up to the surface.

The Independent UK

Focus on Swansea's old town in miniature

Amazing scale model shows Swansea's main street in 1900

Newcastle Herald

Gunmen Kill 20 Miners In Balochistan Attack

Gunmen attack coal mine in Balochistan, killing 20 miners. Suspected group is BLA. Tensions rise in the region.

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20 Pakistan Coal Miners Shot Dead In Attack

Twenty coal miners were shot dead in an overnight attack on their lodgings by a group of heavily armed men in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province, police said Friday.

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Music project captures ‘sound of carbon’ by recording in Durham coalmine

Piece that will premiere at book festival includes mine’s ‘cavernous’ effects, music by colliery bands and interviews

The Guardian - UK

Armed attackers kill 20 coal miners in southwest Pakistan

The attack is the latest in Balochistan province, and security concerns are growing before a key international summit.

Al Jazeera

Proposal for largest coal project in NSW withdrawn after emissions concerns raised

Hunter Valley Operations, a joint venture of Glencore and Yancoal, indicates it will seek to resubmit plans to extend life of two mines

The Guardian - AU

Coal giants seek delay of ruling on 'monster' extension

More than a billion tonnes of emissions are in the balance, critics say, as coal giants sidestep a legal stoush and push ahead with a mine extension to 2050.

AAP

'We know they'll be back': Plans for state's biggest coal mine withdrawn

Hunter Valley Operations says it will resubmit plans for mine.

Newcastle Herald

Leukaemia, asthma, kidney disease: Doctors detail the health consequences of methane exposure

Doctors detail the grave health impacts of methane exposure.

Newcastle Herald

Indonesia Biomass Drive Threatens Key Forests: Report

Indonesia's push to add wood-burning to its energy mix and exports is driving deforestation, including in key habitats for endangered species such as orangutans, a report said Thursday.

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Fix the climate or appease the fossil fuel industry – we can’t do both

Britain ended more than 140 years of coal power when it closed its last generator in September.

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s coalmines and gasfields may be emitting twice as much methane as declared, report warns

Superpower Institute says analysis of Queensland, NSW and Victorian sites shows need for independent reporting of greenhouse gas emissions

International Business Times

Can Carbon Credits Help Close Coal Plants?

A few dozen kilometres from the Philippine capital Manila sits a coal plant that some hope could be a model for how developing countries can quit the polluting fossil fuel.

Newcastle Herald

Muswellbrook on the list of nation's methane hotspots

Muswellbrook's methane levels are among the highest in Australia.

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Methane emissions may be much worse than thought

Australia may have to overhaul its emissions measuring methods as new data suggests methane pollution from gas and coal projects may have been under-reported.

The Guardian - UK

Winter blackouts risk in Great Britain ‘lowest in four years’ despite end of coal

Energy system operator expects winter power supplies to outstrip demand by almost 9% this year

Newcastle Herald

Demolition of Mt Arthur Coal progresses as mine's closure date looms

Closure date looms closer for Mr Arthur Coal near Muswellbrook.

The Conversation

Gas isn’t a good alternative to coal – South Africa should focus on solar, wind and green hydrogen

South Africa is immersed in a “just energy transition” from a fossil fuel-based energy system to a cleaner, low-carbon energy system. This new system will be based primarily on renewable energy, such as solar, wind and green hydrogen.

Newcastle Herald

Not the time to be optimistic about fresh coal projects

'We see nervousness from the coal sector about future approvals.'

The Guardian - AU

Morning Mail: Albanese marks 7 October anniversary, coalmine damages Indigenous art site, Panthers claim NRL title

Anniversary of Hamas attacks on Israel marked; rock falls at NSW place bearing ‘culturally significant’ artwork; Penrith make it four in a row

Newcastle Herald

New life for Hunter underground mine following funding deal

Muswellbrook's Dartbook mine set to reopen after 18 year hiatus.

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