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Kazakhstan’s reliance on coal is deeply entrenched, and for good reason. The country possesses some of the largest coal reserves in the world – an estimated 25 billion tons. Coal-fired power plants account for nearly...

UK has more than halved amount of electricity generated from fossil fuels but gas still had largest share at 28%

By Jo Nova The whole guilt trip about how the rich nations have ruined the world and need to pay reparations to the poor is rapidly losing currency. The British may have started mining coal in third century, invented coal...

Communities across the UK are fighting ‘catastrophic’ proposals to build new energy-from-waste plants

As we confront the challenges of energy policy and climate change, we should take a lesson from Bedford Falls. Instead of demonizing the energy sources that built our world, we should seek balanced solutions that preserve...

The only takeaways from the coal use data are that countries with sensible leaders are looking to the energy needs of their citizens and that climate is too complex an issue to attribute to a gas that is 0.04% of Earth’s...

There still appears to be some naive puzzlement at the IES, that renewable energy is not replacing coal. They still have not worked out that countries like China and India know that they cannot run their economies on the...

Tanya Plibersek says projects in NSW and Queensland produce coal for making essential steel as critics say move ‘opposite of climate action’

Spike in fossil fuel use a result of global gas crisis triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Peter Dutton’s path ‘would be an absolute failure’ in decarbonising the electricity sector and meeting Australia’s emission targets, analyst says

Whatever stance is taken, while the wealthier developed nations are rapidly decreasing reliance upon coal-fired power plants by subsidizing wind and solar, China and other developing countries are moving even faster in...

Vietnam is another reminder of a hard truth: Rapid growth demands energy-intensive resources that cannot be replaced by green alternatives.

While European countries double down on climate targets, much of the developing world is prioritizing economic growth through fossil fuels. These shifts reveal a fracturing of what has always been a shaky global alignment...

With the rise and rise of rooftop solar showing no signs of stopping in Australia, the market operator says "emergency" powers to control it are urgently needed.

With the rise and rise of rooftop solar showing no signs of stopping in Australia, the market operator says "emergency" powers to control it are urgently needed.