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Cheapest path to energy and climate goals locked in

Solar and wind firmed by storage and backed by gas remains the cheapest pathway to meet Australia's growing demand for electricity while reaching climate goals

AAP

Noël, coal and control: Strasbourg’s festive blip strikes again as Rosenior feels heat

English manager says ‘it’s not the time to panic’ but Alsace club want a return on their €100m+ summer investment

The Guardian - UK

3 Finance Stocks Leaving Coal in Investors Stockings

The financial sector is beginning to splinter as rates head lower, and winners and losers are starting to appear. Here are 3 bank stocks to avoid entering 2026.

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South Africa’s water, energy and food crisis: why fixing one means fixing them all

South Africa faces serious water, energy and food problems. Drought, overuse and ageing infrastructure strain water supplies. Coal-fired electricity is not sustainable in the long term and causes high greenhouse gas emissions. Tens of millions of people can’t afford enough food because of rising prices. These crises are interconnected: water…

The Conversation

In Colorado town built on coal, some families are moving on, even as Trump tries to boost industry

The Cooper family has worked in the coal industry in Colorado for generations

The Independent UK

What I saw reporting on the American lives cut short by killer heat

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The Guardian - UK

Inside the climate group working everywhere but DC: ‘You can still have huge wins’

Climate Cabinet supports candidates in state and city races as the federal government ignores the climate crisis

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Zambia’s factories burn too much coal – how reusing hot water can cut energy use

Zambia wants to cut its national greenhouse gas emissions almost in half by 2030. But its 8th National Development Plan aims to transform the country into a “prosperous middle-income nation by 2030” through industrialisation. And here’s the challenge: there isn’t an obvious way to replace the fossil fuels that are…

The Conversation

Charlie Munger Made Over $50 Million Betting On Coal At 99—After Avoiding It For 60 Years and Calling The Panic 'Horse Feathers'

At 99, most people are slowing down. Charlie Munger was doubling down—on coal.

Benzinga

Super funds plunge billions into fossil fuel companies

Australia's largest super funds are propping up the expansion of coal, oil and gas projects with billions of dollars from workers' retirement savings.

AAP

Who are the Australians trying to shut down the world’s biggest coal port?

Climate activists from the Rising Tide organisation have stopped coal ships from reaching Newcastle port – for a day or two. What’s their real objective?

The Guardian - AU

Arrests top 150 as three-day climate action makes waves

A long weekend climate "protestival" has disrupted coal shipping and landed scores of activists under arrest but smaller protests continue.

AAP

Skates on to ensure secure exit of major coal plant

The risk of power blackouts remain if necessary security infrastructure can't be sped up to come online in time for a major coal generator to shutter.

AAP

Rising Tide protest: climate activists stop three ships from entering world’s largest coal port in Newcastle

NSW police arrest 141 people as campaigners demand federal government cancel planned fossil fuel projects and tax existing operations at 78%

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Ships turned, arrests made at annual climate protest

Rising Tide's attempts to blockade the world's largest coal port are continuing, with activists scaling a ship and more arrests made at the Newcastle Harbour.

The Guardian - US

‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival

Biden earmarked billions for former coal communities in Appalachia – and his successor came and took it away

The Guardian - AU

Police charge 11 protesters after climate flotilla prevents coal ship from entering Newcastle harbour

Thousands of protesters, including Australian Greens leader, gather for annual climate protest in world’s largest coal export port

AAP

Arrests made as protesters block coal shipping lane

The third day of an annual coal blockade protest has resulted in arrests, with 11 people charged with alleged marine-related offences.

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The Guardian - US

Trump order to keep Michigan power plant open costs taxpayers $113m

Critics say JH Campbell coal-fired plant in western Michigan is expensive and emits high levels of toxic pollution

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s ‘protestival’: kayaks, music, a push for climate change action – and the risk of arrest

Fossil fuel protesters are making their annual pilgrimage to the NSW city of Newcastle to draw attention to climate policy failure. Police will be there too, with a ‘zero tolerance approach’

AAP

'Protestival' set to sail despite big police presence

Thousands are expected to gather to blockade Australia's largest coal port as a local council backs the protest message as consistent with its own views.

The Guardian - AU

Afternoon Update: Labor and Greens do nature laws deal; Barnaby Joyce quits Nationals; and cricket’s real-life Field of Dreams

Government agrees to prevent fast-tracking of coal and gas projects and subject native forest logging to national environment standards over 18 months

AAP

Activist claims win in 'biggest' anti-protest lawsuit

A coal mining giant's epic legal pursuit of climate activist Ben Pennings is over after a $600 million lawsuit over an environmental protest was dropped.

AAP

Mining giant abandons project in coal royalties stoush

Mining giant BHP Mitsubishi Alliance is continuing its war with a state government over a progressive coal tax regime, pulling out of another project.

AAP

Australia faces fossil bind in COP31 negotiating role

Australia could play a defining role in negotiating a global road map away from fossil fuels, but domestic gas and coal interests may get in the way.

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