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As a case in the US alleges links between tech companies and child miners in Congo, the Guardian’s global environment editor assesses the dangers of element in high demand for batteries

Instead of subsidising new mines, imagine if we tried to protect existing coal communities and the environment at the same time

State’s powerful advisory body has recommended development of Wollar and Hawkins-Rumker coalfields

Brazilian architectural firm Gustavo Penna Arquiteto e Associados (GPA&A) has unveiled a tiny, minimalist home with a small stature that conceals a powerhouse of sustainable design...

Group says it will phase out investments, and underwriting of companies that back coal

Replacing fossil fuels with “renewable” energy would devastate the only planet we’ve got Paul Driessen Environmentalists and Green New Deal proponents like to say we must take care of the Earth, because “There is...

The first leg of the journey from China is complete but workers are now faced with the giant challenge of trucking five wind turbines more than 630 kilometres inland to a remote mine site in Western Australia.

Decision coincides with net-zero emissions review and is branded ‘backwards step’

Greens say ALP voters should despair as four MPs tour Queensland mines with lobby group

Mining giant says contracts will cut energy prices by 20% and save 3m tonnes of carbon

Exclusive: public notice on proposal was placed in classifieds of paper in Queensland town of Emerald

Kevin Rudd says industry still has huge influence in a country beset by climate policy torpor

Move comes after Minerals Council attacked planning decisions that cited carbon emissions as a reason for rejecting or imposing conditions on a mine

Residents say they will not be ousted by energy firm seeking to expand the Garzweiler mine

The permanent closure of our school is imminent, yet some call this progress. I call it an emergency and a lesson to learn from the story of Wollar