In the mid-1970s, he joined the Country Party (now the Nationals), worked as speechwriter and adviser for its then-leader Doug Anthony, and stood for preselection for the federal seat of Eden-Monaro.

The court’s order was provisional, rejecting a request from a Kentucky electric utility to block the plan while an appeals ...

Millions of tons of coal ash leftover from burning the planet’s dirtiest fossil fuel sit in ponds and landfills across the US ...

The Supreme Court has declined to halt a Biden administration rule that seeks to prevent legacy toxic waste from ...

Crews recently began work on an abandoned mine fire in Carbon County which put out plumes of hazardous smoke into the air ...

"This project is ... a way of raising awareness that people should take care of nature which still exists in different parts ...

Just before the premiere of his first major film, East of Eden, Dean was forced to pay $800—equivalent to $14,500 today—to his ex-lover to prevent his sexual orientation from being made public.

This is set to add pressure to Australia’s ageing power grid, with Climate Council chief executive Amanda McKenzie saying Australia’s coal-fired ... Australia’s east and west coast power ...

Millions of tons of coal ash left over from burning the planet’s dirtiest fossil fuel are sitting in ponds and landfills, able to leach into waterways and pollute soil. But this toxic waste may ...

Digging crews have resumed efforts to try to locate a woman who authorities fear died after falling into a sinkhole above an ...

In 1882, at 57 Holborn Viaduct in London, the Edison Electric Light Company started using a coal-fired steam engine to generate electricity for the first time. Its 125-horsepower (93-kilowatt ...