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For Poland's mining region, coal remains a way of life
Dec 02, 2018 (AFP)
Defying the danger to life and limb of descending into the mine on a daily basis, Poland's coal miners still pass down the job from father to son. The occupatio...
Thousands march in Germany calling for end to coal power
Dec 01, 2018 (AFP)
Organisers in Berlin said 16,000 protestors marched in Berlin -- 5,000 according to police -- in a colourful march featuring placards, banners and costumes. In ...
Coal is still king in global power production
Nov 30, 2018 (AFP)
Despite efforts to tackle global warming, worldwide demand for coal was up one percent last year, mainly due to demand in Asia. China is by far the biggest cons...
COP24 host Poland to stick with coal for forseeable future
Nov 30, 2018 (AFP)
Polish cities and towns are among Europe's most polluted, blanketed in smog during the colder months of the year due to the widespread use of coal, mostly low g...
Indian firm presses ahead with controversial Australia coal mine
Nov 29, 2018 (AFP)
Work on the Carmichael mine -- which has attracted considerable controversy in Australia -- could now get underway within weeks. Adani said it would fund the mu...
Poland names coal companies partners for COP24 climate talks
Nov 27, 2018 (AFP)
Polish Environment minister Henryk Kowalczyk told reporters in Warsaw that the state-owned JWS company along with coal-based energy companies PGE and Tauron wer...
Trump to nominate ex-coal lobbyist to head environment agency
Nov 16, 2018 (AFP)
Andrew Wheeler has been acting head of the EPA since Scott Pruitt resigned in July amid a flurry of ethics scandals over his spending and conduct in office. Dur...
Pakistan goes against the grain with coal power spree
Nov 15, 2018 (AFP)
Machines are running round the clock to finish the mine and coal power plant, a flagship project of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) plan that has se...
Asia coal plants worrying for climate targets: IEA
Oct 31, 2018 (AFP)
The coal burning plants would "lock in the emissions trajectory of the world, full stop," IEA chief Fatih Birol told the newspaper in an interview. Last year, g...
Coal power plant regulations neglect a crucial pollutant
Oct 30, 2018 (SPX)
Along with their conclusions on the modeling systems themselves, they found residents downwind of coal plants would be far better off today had the state focuse...
21 dead in east China mining accident
Oct 29, 2018 (AFP)
The tunnel where 22 miners were working was blocked at both ends by coal after pressure caused rocks to fracture and break on October 20, the official Xinhua ne...
19 dead in east China mining accident
Oct 29, 2018 (AFP)
The tunnel where the miners were working was blocked at both ends by coal after pressure caused rocks to fracture and break on October 20, the official Xinhua n...
S.Africa coal belt among world's pollution hotspots
Oct 29, 2018 (AFP)
Mpumalanga, which borders Mozambique, is the hub of South Africa's coal industry and boasts 12 coal-fired plants that supply the grid with 32 gigawatts. Satelli...
Sulfur regulations on coal power plants could improve air quality, study says
Oct 29, 2018 (UPI)
Researchers at Rice say that while air quality in Texas has improved with attention paid to ozone, the state's residents would benefit even more from requiremen...
Thousands join German forest demo after court reprieve
Oct 06, 2018 (AFP)
The ancient forest near Cologne has been occupied by activists for the past six years, becoming a symbol of resistance against coal mining in Germany, a country...
Weathering rates for mined lands exponentially higher than unmined sites
Sep 27, 2018 (SPX)
A new study led by watershed scientist Matthew Ross at Colorado State University found that many of these water quality impacts are caused by a dramatic increas...
German police suspend anti-coal evictions after journalist dies
Sep 19, 2018 (AFP)
The man, "most likely a journalist" according to the police, died on Wednesday after falling from a bridge that connected two of the treehouses. "We simply cann...
Japan's Marubeni to slash coal-fired power capacity
Sep 19, 2018 (AFP)
Marubeni's decision comes amid mounting pressure on businesses to shift investment away from fossil fuels to combat climate change. "As a global player in the p...
Nine hurt in German police eviction of anti-coal protesters
Sep 16, 2018 (AFP)
Police officers have mobilised against fierce resistance since the middle of last week to clear the demonstrators from Hambach Forest near the border with Belgi...
German forest activists resist eviction in tense police stand-off
Sep 13, 2018 (AFP)
Hundreds of police officers descended on the area in the early morning, after local authorities ordered the Hambach Forest in western Germany to be cleared imme...
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