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A Stand Against Coal Could Push Oakland Toward Bankruptcy
It could turn out to be the costliest story ever written in a Utah weekly newspaper. In April 2015, the Richfield Reaper covered a new initiative to export Utah coal through a port in Oakland, Calif., and across the Pacific Ocean. The story found…
Coking Coal Drops for a Fifth Session in China on Oversupply
Chinese coking coal futures extended declines on signs importers are taking more supplies from overseas just as the market heads into a seasonal period of weaker demand. Futures of the fuel used in steelmaking fell as much as 2.4% in Dalian on…
Decade overdue' salt conversion plan could rewrite coal seam gas future
An Australian company has secured a site on Queensland's Western Downs to build a salt processing plant. The plant would take salty coal seam gas water and convert it into chemicals for industry and water for farming. Pending approval, the company…
Counties in deep red state could lose up a third of their residents
Sign up for our US Editor's Picks newsletter to get all the biggest exclusive stories Areas of West Virginia that used to employ tens of thousands of people in the now-dying coal industry are facing huge population declines over the next 15 years.
India's coal production & despatch fell for second consecutive month in October 2025
India's coal production and despatch declined for the second consecutive month in October this year largely in line with lower demand for the dry fuel from the Power sector, which also reflected in lower electricity consumption. According to the…
Electricity Prices Will Shoot Up Due To U.S. Federal Mandates
An electricity plug in front of a red lamp. dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images In the courtroom of energy supply, data centers and AI make the case that electricity demand will grow strongly between now and 2030. On one side, China argues that…
Uncommon Knowledge: Trump may be winning the global climate change debate
COP30, a U.N. conference on tackling global warming, had to be evacuated because the venue caught fire. The fire was not even the biggest problem at the meeting, which brought together around 200 countries exactly 10 years after the landmark Paris…
Cheap Chinese wind turbines to flood British waters
British waters could be flooded with cheap Chinese wind turbines in the future because the cost of Beijing building the machines has plummeted so fast, a new study has warned. Offshore turbines can now be built in China for roughly a third of the…
EnergyAustralia plots $5b-plus transformation of ageing Yallourn plant
EnergyAustralia will convert its 101-year-old Yallourn coal power site in Victoria into a low-carbon emissions hub supplying data centres, industry and households, in an ambitious plan that will cost over $5 billion. The country's third-largest…
Labor pledges to pass long-awaited nature laws this week as Greens demand more concessions
Years of debate about environmental law reform have come down to a tense standoff in the final sitting week of federal parliament for the year, with Labor claiming it can do a deal that will pass the Senate by Thursday. The government is still…
Chinese steel inflows via Nepal raise alarm
The matter has now been escalated and the ministry has written to Customs, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) to investigate it thoroughly. Chinese steel may have been routed into the country through…
Bihar: Uranium found in breastmilk of lactating mothers, more studies expected in other states
: A recent study has revealed alarming levels of uranium (U238) in the breastmilk of lactating mothers across sevarl districts in Bihar, raising serious health concerns for their infants.Researchers from multiple institutions have found that…
A Just Transition Is A Talent Transition - The Ghanaian Chronicle
Africa stands at a pivotal juncture, urged to decarbonise for the planet's sake even as it struggles to power its own growth. With 600 million people still lacking access to electricity, and coal providing cheap, reliable energy, the continent…
Trump's tariffs are likely to make toys more expensive this Christmas shopping season
Santa Claus might be able to evade customs checkpoints as he magically smuggles toys into the country for the good boys and girls—but everyone else doing Christmas shopping this year could run into some problems. Thanks to higher tariffs and…
BHP's 'Hail Mary' bid to gatecrash a $92 billion deal
A BHP acquisition, had the Anglo board seriously entertained its latest overtures, mightn't have been as complex or risky as last year's attempts, but it would still have been expensive. Since BHP made its three escalating bids last year, none of…
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