NEWCASTLE, Australia -- Newcastle, the world's biggest coal export hub once known as Australia's "steel city," is a growing gem of a metropolis on Australia's eastern coast. Its million-dollar ocean views come with a sprinkle of the 4,400 ships that deliver millions of tons of the black stuff to customers across the globe every year.
Australia was widely criticized as a climate laggard during the Scott Morrison years. New Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is out to change that -- and realize the country's renewable power potential. © Illustration by Hiroko Oshima
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