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Peter Dutton is painting a grim picture of the past three years. How do his claims stack up?

The opposition leader’s election pitch maintains Labor has presided over a litany of price rises – but experts say some problems began on Coalition’s watch

The Guardian - AU

Coalition’s gas plan unlikely to lower prices and could push up greenhouse gas emissions, experts say

Body representing the gas industry says Peter Dutton’s plan is a ‘damaging market intervention that will drive away investment’

The Guardian - AU

UK carbon emissions fell by 4% in 2024, official figures show

Less use of gas and coal in electricity supply and industry sectors drove reduction, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero says

The Guardian - UK

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Methane emissions from Queensland mine may be gross underestimates, UN research finds

Data collected by two planes suggests large open-cut coalmine in Bowen Basin is releasing methane at higher rates than official estimates

The Guardian - AU

Air conditioner use driving up emissions as global heating bites

Record high temperatures last year fuelled demand for air conditioning, in turn driving an increase in dirty coal-fired power generation in a dangerous feedback loop revealed by a new global survey from the International Energy Agency.

Euronews

Woodside’s bid to expand a huge gas project is testing both major parties’ environmental credentials

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has indicated a Coalition government would quickly approve a giant gas project off Western Australia which will release billions of tonnes of greenhouse gases until around 2070.

The Conversation

Farmer’s house in danger from climate change, court told in RWE case

German coal giant is one of world’s biggest polluters and should contribute to flood defences, says farmer in Peru

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Mild winters and trend towards electrification will push back gas shortage until 2028, Aemo says

Increased cost of the fossil fuel has also cut forecasts of how much gas will be needed in Australia’s southern states

The Guardian - AU

Social movements constrained Trump in his first term – more than people realize

Donald Trump’s first term as president saw some of the largest mass protests seen in the U.S. in over 50 years, from the 2017 Women’s March to the 2020 protests after George Floyd’s murder.

The Conversation

Renewables are cheap. So why isn’t your power bill falling?

Power prices are set to go up again even though renewables now account for 40% of the electricity in Australia’s main grid – close to quadruple the clean power we had just 15 years ago. How can that be, given renewables are the cheapest form of newly built power generation?

The Conversation

Why build nuclear power in place of old coal, when you could have pumped hydropower instead?

Australia’s energy policy would take a sharp turn if the Coalition wins the upcoming federal election. A Dutton government would seek to build seven nuclear power plants at the sites of old coal-fired power stations.

The Conversation

Climate activists to plead not guilty en masse under NSW’s controversial anti-protest laws

Rising Tide campaigners were arrested at Newcastle’s coal port in late 2024 after using kayaks and rafts to protest at facility

The Guardian - AU

A breakdown of major EPA deregulatory moves around water, air, climate

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin on Wednesday announced nearly three dozen deregulatory moves that he said would spur the U.S. economy by rolling back rules that have unfairly burdened industry

The Independent UK

Ramaco Resources Pins Hopes on Coal's Untapped Potential

The undervalued potential in thermal and metallurgical coal markets is emerging due to changes in energy usage and government policy.

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Trump’s ‘drill, baby, drill’ agenda could keep the world hooked on oil and gas

The US president is making energy deals with Japan and Ukraine, and in Africa has even touted resurrecting coal

International Business Times

Mongolia's Children Choke In Toxic Pollution

As she watched her five-month-old son lying in intensive care, wires and tubes crisscrossing his tiny body, Uyanga cursed her hometown Ulaanbaatar and its chronic pollution.

The Conversation

Independents took cities by storm last election. This time, they’ve got regional Australia in their sights

In 2022, the national vote for independents or minor parties was the highest in almost a century. A third of Australians voted for someone who wasn’t running for Labor or the Coalition.

The Guardian - AU

Coalition’s nuclear plan most expensive option for Australia, former US climate official says

Dr Jonathan Pershing, a former US special envoy for climate change and climate negotiator under Democratic presidents, says ‘very few’ countries building nuclear power plants

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The Conversation

Moving graves and people for coal mines: the devastating costs of mining in South Africa

About 80% of South Africa’s electricity still comes from burning coal. The country’s 108 coal mines have resulted in many communities being forced off their land from the 1970s to date. They have not only lost their homes and land, but have suffered the trauma of their ancestral graves being…

Fortune

The spectacular Synapse collapse: Inside the ugliest divorce in fintech, which left $200 million in customer money frozen

Is the failure of this buzzy startup a canary in the coal mine for bigger problems in fintech?

Dynamite News

MP: Coal mine roof collapses in Betul, three killed

The accident occurred in the Chhatarpur-1 mine in the container miner section. Read further on Dynamite News:

The Independent UK

The US has withdrawn from a climate agreement that helps developing nations, South Africa says

The United States has withdrawn from a climate agreement where rich nations have pledged billions of dollars to help a small group of developing countries switch from coal to green energy sources

International Business Times

South Africa, Indonesia Say US Withdrawing From Climate Finance Deal

The United States has pulled out of a climate funding deal struck by rich nations to help their developing counterparts transition to clean energy, the programme's first beneficiary South Africa and Indonesia said Thursday.

Fortune

The 'Trump bump' has effectively disappeared after tariffs spook Wall Street

Analysts warn the slumping markets could be a canary in the coal mine for broader economic concerns.

The Guardian - UK

EU ambassador to China urges Beijing to stop building coal-fired power plants

Jorge Toledo’s comments come after approvals for coal power projects increased in second half of 2024

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