Australia becomes climate change outlier after Biden victory
As the world’s largest exporter of coal and gas, the country may struggle as other nations take pledges to go carbon neutral.
Stranded coal ships caught in crosshairs of China-Australia spat
The political spat between the two countries has escalated into a one-sided trade war, with China blacklisting commodities and foodstuffs from coal to lobster.
Toshiba to end construction of new coal-fired power plants
The engineering and technology giant aims to reduce the group's greenhouse gas emissions across all operational stages by 50% from the fiscal 2019 level by fiscal 2030.
G20 countries still backing fossil fuels through COVID-19 response
Despite repeated pledges to end subsidies for oil, gas and coal, G20 governments continue to fund fossil fuels, with the COVID-19 crisis doing little to change that, a new report says.
Japan net zero plan hits speed bump as small utilities balk
Hokkaido Electric Power Co. and Shikoku Electric Power Co. said this week they can’t set deadlines to become emissions neutral because it’s too costly.
Japanese companies rushing to adapt to net-zero emission goal
Japan's heavy dependence on coal-fired power generation is a major obstacle to the push for net-zero emissions.
Suga aims for greener Japan with carbon pledge, but details lacking
Some fear the prime minister's plan to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 may lack the mechanisms and vision to actually deliver decarbonization.
Power firm JERA to shut inefficient coal-fired plants by 2030
The firm also said it aims to achieve net zero emissions of carbon dioxide by 2050.
How coal-loving Australia became the leader in rooftop solar
Homeowners are responding to incentives offered by state governments, a sharp drop in the price of solar panels and an increase in electricity rates.
Chinese President Xi Jinping's vow to snuff out emissions by 2060 completes a diplomatic pirouette that moves China to the heart of the global green agenda, wrong-foots the U.S. and cuddles up to Europe's climate advocates in one nimble step. The Chinese leader last month ...
Australia has approved two major new fossil fuel projects that proponents in the climate change-vulnerable nation say will create badly needed jobs despite growing concerns over emissions. Authorities in New South Wales state on Wednesday announced conditional approval for a 3.6 billion Australian dollar (US$2.6 ...
One of China’s climate research institutes on Sunday laid out a plan of increasing renewable and nuclear energy and completely phasing out coal power.
