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Australia's big banks have defended their moratorium on financing Aussie coal projects, claiming they are required by international regulatory bodies to which Australia is a signatory to consider their "climate risk" exposure.

More greens celebrating the punishment Biden will allegedly inflict on Australia; According to The Conversation, if Biden wins Australia will be punished for Australia's climate complacency

If you want to borrow money from ANZ (Australia and New Zealand Banking Group), you better present your carbon offset plan along with your financial records, otherwise regardless of the health of your financials, your application...

Joe Biden's promise to provide a seamless transition from fossil fuel jobs to renewable energy jobs is falling flat with the nation's energy workers.

Shanxi province is China's primary coal mining hub and a major industrial manufacturing region. The province is now planning to voluntarily curb production of its goods over the course of the next three winters in an effort...

The coal mining industry is dying (despite what some people would have you think), and it isn't coming back. But a new startup is breathing life into mining communities with an ingenious design that uses old mine shafts to...

Rio Tinto Group, the world's second largest mining company, is selling off its coal mines with the goal of getting out of the business. Although environmental concerns are motivating some to act against coal, London-based...

The Donald Trump administration seems to be plugging its ears against the mention of any health risks of residing near coal mines. His Department of the Interior (DOI) recently shut down a study on potential health impacts...

In another strike against coal, a federal judge just shut down plans for a large coal mine expansion in Montana, saying US officials had exaggerated the economic benefits of the mine while downplaying the impact it would...

A German coal mine is about to become a massive battery for storing electricity from renewable energy sources. The Prosper-Haniel hard coal mine in the state of North-Rhine Westphalia that provided coal power to German industry...

Despite the persistence of climate change and a slew of reports this year about impending points of no return, there's a little good news for the environment this month...

King Coal has seen better days. Mines are being closed, miners are facing widespread layoffs and the market price of coal has crashed over the past several years. The War on Coal just claimed one of its most dramatic casualties,...

More and more, it seems as though fossil fuels are on their way out. On Friday, President Obama announced that all new mining leases on public land would be halted pending a program overhaul. The move follows on the heels...

In 2014, 39% of American electricity is generated from the burning of coal, down from 52.8% in 1997. Though the fuel source has been steadily declining from its late 20th century peak due to competition from other energy...

NASA scientists have confirmed that satellite data shows a methane hot spot in the southwest United States that is so big that it was ignored for years as a possible instrument error...