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'Like hell': India's burning coalfields
Jul 14, 2023 (AFP)
"The land is charred because of the fires," said Mahto, 22, illegally scavenging amid the flames on the edge of a vast commercial opencast mine for the dirty fo...
Australian coal earnings expected to plummet
Jul 03, 2023 (AFP)
The Department of Industry forecast shipments of thermal coal -- used in electricity production -- would be worth US$20 billion, down from US$43 billion this ye...
EU official sees 'contradiction' between China's climate goals, coal plants
Jul 03, 2023 (AFP)
European Commission Vice President Frans Timmermans said in Beijing he was "convinced that China is willing to go in the right direction". "But at the same time...
China confirms 53 killed in February mine collapse
Jun 22, 2023 (AFP)
Dozens of people had been missing after a 180-metre-high (590-foot) slope gave way at the open-pit mine in the remote Alxa League, burying people and vehicles b...
UK keeps coal fired up despite climate goals
Jun 15, 2023 (AFP)
The government plans to eliminate coal in the UK's power mix by the end of 2024, ahead of its target of achieving "net zero" on carbon emissions by 2050. But su...
Greenpeace slams UK grid operator over coal decision
Jun 12, 2023 (AFP)
National Grid ESO has asked energy firm Uniper to fire up a coal unit of its power station in Ratcliffe-on-Soar, central England, according to a source close to...
'Black city': Polish port Gdansk chokes on coal dust
Jun 08, 2023 (AFP)
Poland has traditionally been heavily reliant on its southern coalfields, with people there exposed to the health and environmental impacts of mining. But now a...
The problems with coal ash start smaller than anyone thought
Jun 07, 2023 (SPX)
Fears of future spills and seepage caused Duke Energy to agree to pay $1.1 billion to decommission most of its coal ash ponds over the coming years. Meanwhile, ...
Labor Department finds 335 safety violations at 20 mines in 15 states
May 31, 2023 (UPI)
The Mine Safety and Health Administration has been charged with inspecting mines that have been found to have poor compliance and safety records. Special inspec...
Vietnam pledges no new coal plants after 2030
May 16, 2023 (AFP)
The Southeast Asian country committed to reaching net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 at the COP26 climate summit in 2021. The $135-billion plan for its energy po...
Australia's centre-left government clears first new coal mine
May 12, 2023 (AFP)
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's government said it would authorise Bowen Coking Coal's Isaac River mine project in Queensland to extract metallurgical coal fo...
'Smart mines' show coal deeply embedded in China's future
Apr 28, 2023 (AFP)
The Hongliulin "intelligent mine" in coal-belt Shaanxi province is a flagship facility in a drive to modernise China's thousands of coal mines, even as the nati...
Australia closes oldest coal plant, pivots to renewables
Apr 28, 2023 (AFP)
The Liddell power station, a three-hour drive north of Sydney, was one in a series of ageing coal-fired plants slated to close in the coming years. Built in 197...
China approves coal power surge despite emissions pledge
Apr 24, 2023 (AFP)
The world's second-largest economy is also its biggest emitter of the greenhouse gases driving climate change, such as carbon dioxide (CO2), and China's emissio...
Campaigners lose legal challenge against new UK coal mine
Apr 12, 2023 (AFP)
Friends of the Earth and a local pressure group, who brought the action after permission was granted to open the pit in Cumbria last year, said they will contes...
Australian parliament approves emissions caps on big polluters
Mar 30, 2023 (AFP)
The laws apply to 215 major industrial facilities -- each producing more than 100,000 tonnes of greenhouse gases a year -- and form the backbone of Australia's ...
New deal forces Australia's worst polluters to cap emissions
Mar 27, 2023 (AFP)
Under the deal, the 215 biggest polluting facilities in Australia -- such as coal mines and gas plants -- will have to reduce their net emissions by almost five...
US proposes new water pollution limits for coal plants
Mar 08, 2023 (AFP)
The new rules by the administration of President Joe Biden would prevent nearly 584 million tons of pollutants from being released through coal plant wastewater...
China confirms 53 'missing or dead' from February mine collapse
Mar 08, 2023 (AFP)
Dozens of people and vehicles were buried when a 180-metre-high (590-foot) slope gave way at an open-pit mine in the Inner Mongolia region's Alxa Left Banner on...
UK mine plan pits enthusiasts against environmentalists
Mar 03, 2023 (AFP)
Vacant premises litter the main shopping street. Jobs are hard to come by, locals say, with a recently decommissioned nuclear power plant nearby the only big re...
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