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Trump named ‘undisputed champion of beautiful clean coal’ by industry group

Award was presented as president directed Pentagon to buy billions of dollars’ worth of energy from coal plants

The Guardian - US

The Trump administration is repealing a landmark climate change finding—but experts say the impact will be limited

The EPA rescission sets a dangerous environmental precedent, critics say. But legal challenges and prevailing trends mean the industry won’t “crank the CO₂ all the way up.”

Fortune

Climate leaders condemn Trump EPA’s biggest rollback yet: ‘This is corruption’

Leaders promise to fight back with court challenges as Trump rescinds finding foundational to US climate rules

The Guardian - US

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Trump orders Pentagon to buy electricity from coal plants

"We're going to be buying a lot of coal through the military now," Trump said.

Axios

Labor will never have a better time to revisit carbon pricing – but does it have the stomach to make polluters pay?

The government has not made enough of a dent in emissions, but global trends and a shambolic opposition offer a rare opportunity to act

The Guardian - AU

Trump receives shiny trophy as he’s named ‘Undisputed Champion of Beautiful Clean Coal’ by mining executives at White House

“Clean Beautiful coal. We love Clean Beautiful coal, don't we?” the president said, kicking off the event at the White House Wednesday

The Independent UK

China’s emissions have stopped rising for two years. Is this the start of a decline?

Whether the current plateau becomes a sustained decline will depend largely on decisions in the next five-year plan, due in March

The Independent UK

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‘The trend is irreversible’: has Romania shattered the link between economic growth and high emissions?

Emissions have plunged 75% since communist times in the birthplace of big oil – but for some the transition has been brutal

The Guardian - UK

US's largest public utility says it now doesn't want to close two coal-fired plants

The nation’s largest public utility says it now would prefer to keep operating two coal-fired power plants it had planned to shutter

The Independent UK

More pollution and higher energy costs: critics condemn Trump’s anti-environment agenda

US courts, scholars and Democrats are pushing back against the president’s aggressive drive to boost fossil fuels

The Guardian - US

‘Which Side Are You On?’: American protest songs have emboldened social movements for generations, from coal country to Minneapolis

The presence of Department of Homeland Security agents in Minnesota compelled many people there to use songs as a means of protest. Those songs were from secular as well as religious traditions.

The Conversation

At least 27 killed in blast at illegal ‘rat hole’ coal mine in India

Several trapped after blast rips through coal mine in Meghalaya

The Independent UK

Energy chief Wright says orders empowering coal plants helped keep lights on during winter storm

The Trump administration says its emergency orders keeping coal-fired plants running helped prevent blackouts during the recent cold snap

The Independent UK

If Australia and Indonesia agreed to end new thermal coal mines, it could drive the green transition.

In the 1960s, major oil-producing nations formed a cartel to drive up the price of oil. It worked. For decades, nations in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) have agreed to manage supply and raise prices.

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The Independent UK

Cubans rendered powerless as outages persist and tensions with US escalate

Residents of a small coastal Cuban town face severe hardships despite living near energy sources

The Guardian - UK

Green energy sector drove more than 90% of China’s investment growth last year, analysis finds

Industry bigger than all but seven world economies, and accounts for more than third of China’s economic growth

The Independent UK

China’s solar capacity set to overtake coal in ‘historic’ shift

Wind and solar combined are projected to account for about half of China’s total installed power capacity

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s long, complicated energy transition is finally working – and not a moment too soon

Renewables and energy storage contributed more than 50% of supplied electricity last quarter as real progress is being made – but it’s not yet job done

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The Guardian - US

‘It’s sick’: Trump administration uses mascot called ‘Coalie’ to push dirtiest fossil fuel

Cartoon lump of coal with giant eyes was spotlighted by US interior secretary in X post saying: ‘Mine, Baby, Mine!’

The Guardian - AU

Campaign group behind attack ads on Labor, Greens and teal candidates was funded by coal industry lobby

Australians for Prosperity received most of its funding last financial year from Coal Australia, according to disclosures made to the Australian Electoral Commission

Euronews

Wind and solar are booming in China. So why is it building so many new coal plants?

More than 50 large coal units were commissioned in 2025, up from fewer than 20 a year over the previous decade.

The Independent UK

Why China is building so many coal plants despite its solar and wind boom

China has significantly increased its coal power capacity, reviving concerns about its climate-changing carbon emissions

The Conversation

Renewables over 50%, wholesale prices down – is the energy transition… succeeding?

Ten years ago, if a heatwave as intense as last week’s record-breaker had hit the east coast, Australia’s power supply may well have buckled. But this time, the system largely operated as we needed, despite some outages.

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s grid now relies on renewable energy as much as coal. Those who doubted it look foolish

Solar met the majority of electricity demand between 9am and 6pm in the past week as much of the country cranked air conditioners

The Independent UK

FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims made during Trump's first cabinet meeting of 2026

President Donald Trump has held his first cabinet meeting of 2026, focusing on the economy, housing, energy, health initiatives and drug prices

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