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Coal protest to go ahead on harbour after court rejects police objections
The NSW Supreme Court has rejected a challenge from the state's police commissioner to a climate protest planned in Newcastle. The protest, organised by Rising Tide, is set to see hundreds of activists paddle out in the Port of Newcastle. The court…
Multi-year coal plant extensions needed to stop power price spikes
Four huge coal power stations in Victoria and NSW will have to run for up to five years longer than envisaged as under-pressure governments act to prevent spikes in electricity prices that would further drive up the cost of living. The analysis…
Climate Hysteria Collapse: Germany Puts Coal Plants on Standby As Gas Supplies Run Low
Greta said it all with a laugh: ' They 're still doing that?!' She was laughing at the millions of young people who bought the climate lies and are still out there protesting against climate change, of course. But she could have said the same thing…
Coal India Proposes 10% Mahanadi Coalfields Stake Sale Through IPO
Coal India has proposed selling 10% of Mahanadi Coalfields Limited through an IPO of existing shares, a structure that would send proceeds to the parent rather than fund the coal producer. The draft prospectus covers up to 661,836,300 shares, each…
Refex Industries' ash and coal handling order book rises to Rs 1,721 crore
“The Ash & Coal Handling business continues to see strong momentum, supported by robust orderbook and execution scale-up,” said Anil Jain, Chairman and Managing Director of Refex Industries. The company is also expanding beyond ash…
Montenegro Targets Energy-Sector Coal Cuts as Bosnia Stresses Fairness
Montenegro President Jakov Milatović outlined a plan to reduce coal reliance in the country's energy sector at COP31, while Bosnia and Herzegovina's Denis Bećirović emphasized fairness between generations in climate policy. At the…
If Only Someone Had Warned Them: Germany Prepares Coal Plants Amid Strained Energy Supply
Winter is coming, and in Germany, officials are scrambling to prepare coal plants for emergency operations as gas supplies and storage levels are low. Germany has waged war on coal plants for years in pursuit of its green agenda, relying instead on…
Reliance plans ₹43,000 crore coal gasification project in Andhra Pradesh
Updated - November 12, 2026 at 02:28 PM. Reliance Industries plans to invest about ₹43,000 crore ($4.59 billion) in two phases to build an integrated underground coal…
Old Coal Power Plants Could Get a Surprising Second Life by Burning Iron Instead to Store Renewable Energy
Coal power plants are supposed to be on their way out. But scientists think some could have a surprising second life — burning iron powder instead of coal. After the coal power station is fed something that looks like workshop dust, the…
China rules out hosting Cop33 climate summit in 2028
China has ruled out hosting the Cop33 UN climate summit in 2028 after months of deliberations, leaving the field open for other Asian countries to hold it, the Guardian understands. The decision will disappoint many countries and climate experts…
'El Niño turned off the taps': factors behind Indonesia's wildfires revealed
Indonesia's fiercest fires in at least a decade were amplified by an “El Niño that turned off the taps” and “fossil fuels that turned up the heat”, scientists have revealed. Along with the conversion of forests to…
SA gives green light for gas to help power future data centres
South Australia's energy minister says he is 'absolutely fine' for gas-generated power to be used to help supply energy to proposed AI data centres across the state. The SA Greens leader has criticised the change in position, calling it a 'total…
Giant Rodents Evolved Earlier Than Thought, and Southeast Asia Played a Surprising Early Role in Their Rise
A rodent roughly the weight of a beaver lived in what is now southern Thailand about 34 million years ago, scientists report, making it the largest known rodent from the Paleogene period. The species, Yakamys sirindhornae, was identified from just…
Trump Had Urged Nvidia's Jensen Huang to Fight for His Job
President Trump called Jensen Huang on Tuesday, before the Nvidia chief stepped down amid a rapidly unfolding spy scandal, and urged him to keep fighting for his job, according to two people briefed on the conversation. The call was the latest…
Global carbon emissions are set to fall. Why are India's emissions projected to rise?
Geopolitical upheavals and economic disruptions have previously led to temporary reductions in fossil fuel use, including in 1992, 1998 and 2009. The Covid-19 pandemic also triggered a decline in emissions in 2020. These, however, were largely…
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