Australia will put 2 billion Australian dollars into expanding a hydroelectric project in its latest measure to avoid looming gas and electricity shortages across the nation's densely populated southeast, the government said

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has pledged to make the country's skies blue again and "work faster" to address pollution caused by coal burning

China has released data showing that the country's consumption of coal fell in 2016 for a third year in a row

Police in central China's Hunan province have arrested a coal mine manager on suspicion of under-reporting the death toll from an explosion this week

The government of an oil city near China's border with Russia says it is suspending an aluminum plant project following protests over pollution fears

Eight people are dead and three missing after an explosion inside a coal mine in central China

Asian stock markets have risen after Wall Street indexes hit a record high, and a summit between President Donald Trump and Japan's prime minister appeared to sooth tensions over trade and currency policies

World stock markets are gaining following U.S. President Donald Trump's promise that he plans to soon cut taxes for businesses

Asian stocks are advancing, led by big gains in Japan after U.S. President Trump promised that he would soon cut taxes for businesses