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Coal mine expansions to continue in NSW despite climate report findings
The NSW government's Net Zero Commission has found the expansion of coal mining in the state would be inconsistent with emissions reductions targets. Premier Chris Minns said it would be 'irresponsible' to cease project approvals overnight due to…
Focus on coal price rationalisation, quality improvement and workers' welfare: Union Coal Minister G. Kishan Reddy tells SCCL
Union Minister of Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy called upon the Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL) to immediately focus on reducing coal prices, improving coal quality, securing new mining blocks and strengthening workers' welfare, to…
Letters: Coal terminal developer must deliver on jobs
Submit your letter to the editor via this form. Read more Letters to the Editor. Re: “ Oakland surrenders in ‘coal war' battle ” (Page A1, Dec. 11). As one who opposed, and still opposes, the coal terminal proposed by Phil…
Belarus Frees Prominent Political Prisoners as U.S. Lifts Some Trade Sanctions
|Belarus Frees Prominent Political Prisoners as U.S. Lifts Some Trade Sanctions https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/13/world/europe/belarus-lukasheno-potash-political-prisoners-russia.html Belarus on Saturday freed dozens of political prisoners…
Belarus Frees Prominent Political Prisoners as U.S. Lifts Some Trade Sanctions
Belarus on Saturday freed more than 100 prisoners, including an opposition leader and a Nobel laureate, as the United States announced it would lift sanctions on potash fertilizer, one of Belarus' biggest sources of cash. The moves came after John…
Corb Lund must re-apply to launch anti-coal petition drive in Alberta - Canada News
Singer Corb Lund, centre, sings on land proposed for coal mine development in the eastern slopes of the Livingstone range south west of Longview, Alta., Wednesday, June 16, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh Amendments to Alberta's legislation…
US says it will lift some trade sanctions on Russia's ally Belarus
VILNIUS, Lithuania -- The United States will lift sanctions on Belarusian potash in the latest sign of a thaw between Washington and the isolated autocracy. John Coale, the U.S. special envoy for Belarus, made the announcement after meeting the…
Belarus releases 123 prisoners including opposition leaders after US lifts sanctions
The Belarusian president, Alexander Lukashenko, freed 123 prisoners on Saturday, including Nobel peace prize winner Ales Bialiatski and leading opposition figure Maria Kalesnikava, after the US lifted sanctions on Belarusian potash, a key export.
US lifts sanctions on Belarusian potash, state media cite Trump envoy as saying
Dec 13 (Reuters) - The United States is lifting sanctions on Belarusian potash, Belarusian state media quoted President Donald Trump's envoy John Coale as saying after two days of talks in Minsk with President Alexander Lukashenko. It did not say…
Belarus Pardons 123 Prisoners as US Lifts Potash Sanctions
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko ordered the release of 123 political prisoners, pushing his opponents into exile hours after a US envoy announced that Washington will lift sanctions on the country's potash industry. Lukashenko pardoned the…
US green tech involution echoes mistake of China's Qing dynasty before collapse
In 1865, when a British entrepreneur built a demonstration railroad near Beijing, Empress Dowager Cixi saw not progress but danger – of disruptions to feng shui, imperial graves and rural order – and had the tracks torn up. Two…
'A shift no country can ignore': where global emissions stand, 10 years after the Paris climate agreement
Ten years on from the historic Paris climate summit, which ended with the world's first and only global agreement to curb greenhouse gas emissions, it is easy to dwell on its failures. But the successes go less remarked. Renewable energy smashed…
US says it will lift some trade sanctions on Belarus
The United States will lift sanctions on Belarusian potash in the latest sign of a thaw between Washington and the isolated autocracy. John Coale, the U.S. special envoy for Belarus, met the country's authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko for…
Belarusian leader pardons 123 prisoners in exchange for lifting of some sanctions
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Belarus' authoritarian leader Alexander Lukashenko has pardoned 123 prisoners in exchange for a lifting of some U.S. sanctions, Belarusian state news agency Belta said Saturday, as the isolated nation seeks to…
Belarus releases Nobel prize laureate Bialiatski in exchange for US sanctions relief
VILNIUS, Lithuania (AP) — Belarusian authorities have released Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski and key opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova from prison, Pavel Sapelka, human rights advocate with the Viasna rights group, confirmed…
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