In an interview in New Zealand, Richard Marles responded to criticism and questions about Australia’s commitment to the environment and regional security.
Conservation groups have called on the Biden administration to step up and keep its election promise to protect humans from an unfavourable climate from coal.
A group representing more than 50 labor unions in British Columbia, Canada, is wading into the growing controversy surrounding a plan to use foreign labor in four new coal mines in the province.
At least 20 miners were killed in China’s latest coal mining accident just weeks after one of the deadliest blasts in years killed dozens of workers, breaking notions that the country is improving its mining safety record.