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Police charged about 50 protesters after coal train was brought to a standstill for four hours Get Guardian Australia’s morning and afternoon news emails or daily news podcast Dozens of people have been arrested after protesters scaled a train bound for the Port of Newcastle and began shovelling coal out of its wagons. The train

Climate Change Committee says little hope of getting on track if Stormont power sharing not restored soon The prolonged lack of devolved government in Northern Ireland threatens to seriously hamper the country’s ability to hit the ambitious emissions reduction targets enshrined by law in its climate act, the chief executive of the UK’s Climate Change

Report says revenues raised from a gradually imposed fuel tax could be used to transition to low-carbon fisheries The EU lavished up to €15.7bn in fossil fuel subsidies on its fishing industry over the last decade but campaigners are calling for those funds to be redirected towards decarbonisation. Fuel tax exemptions for the fishing industry

Twin studies reveal that ‘acceleration’ of sea-level rise under way, leaving southern US cities in even greater peril Coastal cities in the southern US, including Miami, Houston and New Orleans, are in even greater peril from sea-level rise than scientists already feared, according to new analysis. What experts are calling a dramatic surge in ocean

Exclusive: National Energy Action says progress on energy efficiency is too slow and not well targeted at fuel-poor households The government’s home insulation scheme would take 190 years to upgrade the energy efficiency of the UK’s draughty housing stock, and 300 years to meet the government’s own targets to reduce fuel poverty, according to industry

Scientists warn of more marine heatwaves, leading to increased risk of extreme weather The temperature of the world’s ocean surface has hit an all-time high since satellite records began, leading to marine heatwaves around the globe, according to US government data. Climate scientists said preliminary data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Noaa) showed