Category: Coal

Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. It is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements; chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen. Coal is a fossil fuel that is used as a source of energy.

↪ In allowing coal expansion in the Hunter, Chris Minns is pouring fuel on the climate fire. His decision will come back to hurt us all | Jack Egan 1 week ago
↪ Is it really ‘madness’ to account for emissions from fossil fuels burned overseas? The Coalition sure thinks so | Temperature Check 3 weeks ago
↪ ‘A real-life moment from The Castle’: the retired Australian couple who took on a coal giant and won 4 weeks ago
↪ Matt Kean warns climate crisis ‘isn’t someone else’s problem’ as largest coal project in NSW history greenlit 1 month ago
↪ The green light for the largest coalmine in NSW history is shocking proof that our governance systems are betraying Australians | Georgina Woods 1 month ago
↪ UK banks are Europe’s biggest coal financiers, report finds 1 month ago
↪ As Iran war exposes global dependence on fossil fuels, the biggest emitters are reaping the rewards 7 months ago
↪ Coal power generation falls in China and India for first time since 1970s 10 months ago
↪ ‘A shift no country can ignore’: where global emissions stand, 10 years after the Paris climate agreement 11 months ago
↪ Caught between a fossil fuel past and a green future, China’s coal miners chart an uncertain path 1 year ago