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The U.K. just closed its last coal power plant
The U.K. was the world's first country to build a coal power plant. Now, 142 years later, it's also the first major economy to stop using any coal to make electricity. The country's last coal power plant, built in 1967, shut down on September 30.
Vitrinite accused of clearing koala habitat and illegal coal mining in Queensland
A coal mining company with former links to a US fraudster has been accused of illegally mining coal and destroying koala habitat without the required federal environmental approval. About 47 hectares of koala habitat has been cleared near…
The massive U.S. port strike could be a lump of coal for holiday shopping
With the busy holiday shopping season around the corner, container companies are increasingly worried about how the U.S. port strike will play out. Although container companies have built cushions for themselves in case of strikes, geopolitics, and…
New Study Confirms LNG is Worse for Climate Than Coal
A peer reviewed stud y published today provides conclusive evidence that liquefied natural gas (LNG) has a larger greenhouse gas footprint than coal, dealing a major blow to claims that LNG can serve as a 'bridge fuel' to a clean energy future. The…
Coal production from captive, blocks rises 32% to 79.72 mn MT in H1
The coal production from both captive and commercial coal blocks rose by 32 per cent to 79.72 Million Tonne (MT) in the April-September period of the ongoing fiscal. The coal output from both captive and commercial coal blocks was 60.52 MT in the…
Key markets and metrics to track following China's stimulus
BEIJING last month dispensed the most aggressive stimulus measures since the pandemic in a bid to revive the flagging Chinese economy, and traders and investors are now looking for signs if the medicine is working. A slew of markets have already…
Starmer vows to fire up industrial heartlands with £22bn boost for two regions
Keir Starmer will promise to fire up Britain's industrial heartlands with nearly £22billion to boost clean power. The Prime Minister will set out plans today for carbon capture clusters in Teesside and Merseyside, developed over the next 25…
Fears of workplace automation are fueling the dockworker strike
The massive port workers' strike that has shut down all the major dockyards on the Eastern seaboard of the U.S. and the Gulf coast is highlighting a fear held by many workers: Eventually, we will be replaced by machines. The International…
Keir Starmer pledges to kick-start growth in industrial heartlands with £22bn package
Sir Keir Starmer will promise to create 4,000 jobs by ploughing £22bn into projects to capture and store carbon emissions from energy, industry and hydrogen production. On a visit to Liverpool, the prime minister will unveil two…
Saving ginseng means balancing conservation and culture
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between BPR and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Each fall, hopeful foragers throughout the Appalachian mountains don heavy work pants and sturdy boots to clamber into dark…
Ten surreal British buildings that must never be demolished
James Graham is right to mourn the loss of the cooling towers at Ratcliffe-on-Soar Power Station in Nottinghamshire. Graham is one of our most gifted modern playwrights and his choice of words to describe the towers is telling. He calls them…
Dockworkers join other unions in trying to fend off automation, or minimize impact
The massive port workers' strike that has shut down all the major dockyards on the Eastern seaboard of the U.S. and the Gulf coast is highlighting a fear held by many workers: Eventually, we will be replaced by machines. The International…
Pauline Hanson unleashes after Albanese govt signs up for UN agenda
U.N. voted to approve a 'Pact for the Future' It is designed to reinvigorate global co-operation READ MORE: Former MasterChef judge lets fly at Pauline Hanson One Nation leader Pauline Hanson has unleashed after the Albanese government voted to…
Gigafactories and dashed dreams: the parable of Blyth
The little port town of Blyth in north-east England holds up a mirror to the British economy. For much of the 20th century it was a home to heavy industry. By the 1960s it was exporting more coal than anywhere else in Europe and had built the Royal…
Let's not follow US and get sucked into Israel war - we don't want another Iraq
Are we at war with Iran ? RAF jets went into action to defend Israel against rockets fired by the regime in Tehran. And Downing Street issued a tell-nothing two-sentence statement insisting that the UK stands with the Israelis. Fine words, but not…
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