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Big coal miner stares down protests, shareholder vote

Shareholders voting at Whitehaven Coal's annual general meeting have supported the company's executive remuneration plan, defeating moves to spill the board.

AAP

BHP digs in over coal royalties and labour hire stance

Multinational BHP says it will continue to work with the Queensland government over coal royalties after protesters demonstrated outside their AGM.

AAP

‘Britain’s brass bands older than thought and invented Napoleonic War soldiers’

The findings challenge the held belief that brass bands originated with coal miners and other industrial communities between the 1830s and 1850s.

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Study reveals Britain’s first brass bands helped win wars

It was originally thought brass bands were inevented with coal miners

The Independent UK

Britain’s brass bands ‘older than thought’ and could date to Napoleonic War

The findings challenge the held belief that brass bands originated with coal miners and other industrial communities between the 1830s and 1850s.

Evening Standard

Police oppose major protest to block crucial coal port

Thousands of people, including musician and ex-environment minister Peter Garrett, are expected to attend a blockade of the Port of Newcastle

AAP

Attorney general considering releasing full robodebt report – As it happened

All the day’s news as it unfolded

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NSW police fight to stop Newcastle port ‘protestival’ in second court challenge to protests in a month

Rising Tide event would involve thousands of paddling climate activists blocking coal exports

The Guardian - AU

Top cop appeals to court to stop Newcastle harbour blockade

Police attempt to stop Rising Tide's harbour blockade.

Newcastle Herald

Let’s be clear, Peter Dutton’s energy plan is more focused on coal and gas than it is on nuclear power

It seems reasonable to call the Coalition’s policy what it primarily is: a proposal to expand fossil fuels

The Guardian - AU

Drill, Baby, Drill? Former Big Oil Exec Says That’s Exactly What the Industry Doesn’t Need.

Former ConocoPhillips economist Marianne Kah on the election: Whether it's Harris or Trump, the outcome likely won't affect oil production.

Capital & Main

Whitehaven Coal faces rare shareholder action over mining plans and CEO’s $7m bonus

Australian miner paying ‘massive bonuses’ for ‘steamrolling ahead with an outdated and unacceptably risky coal growth strategy’, activists say

The Guardian - AU

Coalition’s nuclear plan is ‘today’s version of a lump of coal in parliament’, inquiry told

Renewables advocate tells parliamentary hearing that opposition’s nuclear proposal is a ‘smokescreen’ for burning coal and gas

The Guardian - AU

Lopsided playing field: executives with deep pockets spend big on Oakland recall races

California’s billionaires have altered San Francisco politics. The playbook is being repeated across the Bay

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The Independent UK

Indonesian forests pay the price for the growing global biomass energy demand

The global push for biomass that can be burned for energy is causing concern about the price Indonesia's forests are paying

Newcastle Herald

Land once earmarked for Kooragang coal loader is up for grabs

Expressions of interest sought for former coal loader land.

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Kentucky State Senator Johnnie Turner Dies In Tragic Accident

Kentucky Senator Johnnie Turner, known for supporting coal industry and eastern Kentucky, passes away at 76. Colleagues praise his service and dedication.

The Guardian - AU

‘Potential issues’ with Coalition’s planned nuclear reactor sites, safety expert warns

Government agencies and departmental officials spend full day scrutinising Peter Dutton’s controversial plan to build seven nuclear power plants

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The Conversation

South Africa’s massive Sasol petrochemical plant faces serious challenges – new report

The giant Secunda complex of Sasol, South Africa’s biggest chemicals and energy company, provides the fundamental ingredients to South Africa’s petrochemical sector. It produces petrochemicals, plastics, chemicals essential to key industries such as agriculture (fertilisers) and mining (explosives), and 30% of the country’s liquid fuels. These value chains are very…

The Independent UK

As coal plants shut in Romania, some miners transition to green energy while others are reluctant

As Romania prepares to phase out coal by 2032, some miners are retraining for jobs in renewable energies

The Independent UK

Miners are razing forests to meet surging demand for metals and minerals, report says

A report by the World Resources Institute shows that rapidly expanding mining operations are causing widespread destruction of tropical primary rainforests and protected areas, raising carbon emissions and displacing Indigenous communities

AAP

Energy market operator 'can't guarantee' lower bills

Energy officials warn of "stubbornly high" power prices as coal plants stutter towards an exit, with no guarantee bills will fall in the next five years.

The Conversation

Let’s tax carbon: Ross Garnaut on why the time is right for a second shot at carbon pricing

Australia now has a government and parliament wanting timely transition to net zero. We have a government and parliament wanting to build Australia as the renewable energy superpower of the zero-carbon world economy. For the time being, we have favourable international settings for using our opportunity.

The Conversation

People around the world are using courts to question whether climate policies are fair – new study

Coal workers suing their government over job losses. Indigenous people using the courts to block wind farms or anti-deforestation policies that violate their cultural rights. What these cases have in common is they challenge the fairness of climate policies and projects themselves.

The Conversation

End of coal in South Africa: what 100,000 workers will need when their jobs go

South Africa’s move to renewable energy means that the coal industry will be phased out over the coming decades. This transition away from a fossil-fuel based economy will affect over 100,000 workers in coal mining and coal-fired power generation – and their families. Economics professor and director of the Development…

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