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Global LNG giants turn to poor countries for new markets.
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Climate warms the Earth, not chance.
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'Political watershed' as 19 countries pledge to phase out coal.
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New alliance launched at Bonn climate talks hopes to signal the end of the dirtiest fossil fuel that kills 800,000 people a year with...
'Black hole': Pollution from coal-fired power worse than overseas, survey finds.
Australia's biggest coal-fired power stations are permitted to dump toxic pollutants on nearby populations far in excess of overseas counterparts, even those in China,...
Anti-Adani activists vow 'direct action' against mine contractor Downer.
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Campaigners will occupy work sites, chain themselves to machinery and clog phone lines, Galilee Blockade says
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Protesters opposed to the Adani coalmine occupy Queensland...
ICYMI: Uncharted territory.
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Sustainability revolution keeps Taliban at bay.
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