coal mining

Finite film

Jeremy Williams reviews Finite, a new film on coal protests in Britain and Germany, which will screen in Australia later this year.

Hasdeo forest protectors. Image credit: Alok Shukla/downtoearth.org.in

A prominent protest by Adivasi Indigenous communities is taking place in central India鈥檚 Hasdeo forests, where new coal mines are being pushed without consent, writes Ruchira Talukdar.

More than 50 protesters defied the rain聽to call on聽Deputy Premier and Minister for Regional New South Wales Paul Toole to end coal.聽Charles Boag reports.

Mining giant Glencore wants to聽expand open-cut coal mining聽in the Hunter Valley聽despite objections from聽the Plains Clan of the Wonnarua People and the New South Wales Heritage Council. Jim McIlroy reports.

The focus on "net zero" and 鈥渇ossil fuels versus renewables鈥 does not do justice to the critical need for just solutions for the Global South and Indigenous peoples, writes Ruchira Talukdar.

The NSW Nationals鈥 narrow victory in the Upper Hunter byelection has saved the scandal-plagued government of Premier Gladys Berejiklian, writes Stephen O'Brien.

Tom Doig's book is a highly-readable account of profiteering and denial at the expense of the health of tens of thousands of people, told by those affected, writes Alan Broughton.