Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek’s recent decision to approve expansion plans for three New South Wales coal mines disappointed many people concerned with stabilising the global climate.

The government on Friday said that 44 bids have been received for 67 coal blocks put for sale under the 10th round of commercial mines auction. A total of 44 bids were submitted in physical form. The ...

Britain will ban new coal mines in a landmark decision that forms part of Ed Miliband’s drive to hit net zero. The Government said it was bringing forward a decision to restrict new licences ...

The expansion, which is proposed to include the mining of federally owned coal, comes in the wake of a settlement over the company’s environmental record and as its mines continue to be cited by ...

Rock Springs, Wyoming, was built on top of dozens of coal mine tunnels that fueled Union Pacific’s Westward rail expansion. For decades after the mines closed, the town almost collapsed into the ...

The UK government, under Prime Minister Keir Starmer, has decided to ban new coal mines in the country. Image sources: Reuters The United Kingdom announced Thursday (November 14) it will introduce ...

To feed the sustained demand, the global coal mining industry has increased annual production on a nearly continuous basis since 2000. Coal also has by far the largest reserves out of all the non ...

This research was funded by the Oxford Martin School, University of Oxford. Globally, coal mines are generally concentrated in certain areas. This means that the labour market effects of the ...

A Scripps News investigation found as many as 1,300 of these coal mining facilities across Appalachia shuttered for at least a decade without operators finishing cleanup. For some who live in ...

The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship embarked this month on a 162-acre abandoned mine land reclamation project in the Pella Wildlife Area. This is one of about 120 reclamation ...

Mines supplying coal for steelmaking will face new pressure over methane emissions as a United Nations watchdog expands its work. The International Methane Emissions Observatory will extend a ...