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bloomberg.com - Iain Boekhoff - Coal Clash Pits Billionaire Against Canadian Country Music Star
Coal Clash Pits Billionaire Against Canadian Country Music Star
Bloomberg

Australia's richest woman wants to mine coal in the Rocky Mountains and one of Canada's most famous country music singers has built a coalition of ranchers, fishermen and environmentalists to stop the project. A unit of billionaire Gina Rinehart's…

abcnews.com - Julia Jacobo - Solar generates more energy than coal in US for 1st time: Report
Solar generates more energy than coal in US for 1st time: Report
ABC News

The amount of solar power generated in the U.S. is continuing to grow despite efforts from the Trump administration to slow down the renewable energy sector, according to two reports released this week. The U.S. has generated more power from solar…

wwd.com - Samantha Conti - Laura Ashley Lives Again With an Archive Sale at Beyond Retro in London's Coal Drops Yard
Laura Ashley Lives Again With an Archive Sale at Beyond Retro in London's Coal Drops Yard
WWD

PERIOD DRAMA: A selection of Laura Ashley archival designs from the 1980s through the 2010s has landed — ruffles, ditsy prints and all — at Beyond Retro's Coal Drops Yard store in London as part of the brand's “100 Years of an…

thehindubusinessline.com - Coal gasification a major business opportunity; India ready to enter 'coal gasification decade': G Kishan Reddy
Coal gasification a major business opportunity; India ready to enter 'coal gasification decade': G Kishan Reddy
BusinessLine

India is ready to enter its 'coal gasification decade' and industry players must view coal gasification as a major business opportunity that can support the country's fertiliser, chemical, steel and energy sectors while reducing import dependence…

knowridge.com - Georgia Institute of Technology - Scientists turn coal ash waste into a valuable source of rare earth elements
Scientists turn coal ash waste into a valuable source of rare earth elements
Knowridge Science Report | Inspiring science news

What if a waste product from coal-fired power plants could become a valuable source of materials needed for electric vehicles, smartphones, and renewable energy technologies? Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed a new…

sherwood.news - Millie Giles - Solar generated more power than coal in the US for the first time ever
Solar generated more power than coal in the US for the first time ever
Sherwood News

At the same time that the Trump administration is pushing further toward coal power, announcing plans only last week to invest almost $700 million into reviving the industry, a key renewable energy source has just hit a major milestone in the US.

forbes.com - Robert B. Tucker - Why Students Are Rejecting Silicon Valley's Vision Of The Future
Why Students Are Rejecting Silicon Valley's Vision Of The Future
Forbes

Graduates at a recent University of Arizona commencement loudly boo ex-CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) A curious thing happened at the University of Arizona's commencement ceremony. The speaker was former Google CEO…

pressherald.com - Deb Sayer - A dirty move for a dirty fuel | Letter
A dirty move for a dirty fuel | Letter
Press Herald

Three hundred thirty United States coal plants have, thankfully, closed, with more to come. Mainers should celebrate that, as pollution from burning coal has worsened lung diseases here for decades. But using a law called the Defense Production…

fastcompany.com - Ericka Sóuter - What new mothers can teach us about the future of work
What new mothers can teach us about the future of work
Fast Company

If you want to know whether a workplace is built for the future, don't ask the CEO. Ask the woman sprinting to daycare pickup at 5 pm. For the past several years we've approached new mothers as workers who need support. Flex schedules. Rooms to…

wsj.com - Energy & Utilities Roundup: Market Talk
Energy & Utilities Roundup: Market Talk
Wall Street Journal

The latest Market Talks covering Energy and Utilities. Published exclusively on Dow Jones Newswires at 4:20 ET, 12:20 ET and 16:50 ET. 0552 GMT – India's power sector is likely undergoing dual-track evolution, Macquarie Equity Research's…

abc.net.au - Gareth Hutchens - Australia has valuable cards to play in the AI future, new report finds
Australia has valuable cards to play in the AI future, new report finds
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Australia has more AI potential than Australians think, with valuable cards to play strategically, a new report has claimed. The new research has found Australia has an opportunity to become a major regional data centre hub, to leverage its…

bloomberg.com - Eddie Spence - Indonesia Says Export Agency Will Focus on Price, Not Trading
Indonesia Says Export Agency Will Focus on Price, Not Trading
Bloomberg

Indonesia's commodity export agency will focus on monitoring the price of key raw-material exports instead of intervening in trade, according to a senior official, in an apparent effort to ease industry concerns over a radical natural-resource…

theguardian.com - Fiona Harvey - Australia can switch from fossil fuel exports to renewables, says next Cop president
Australia can switch from fossil fuel exports to renewables, says next Cop president
The Guardian

Australia will find exporting fossil fuels increasingly difficult but can switch to exporting clean energy products, the president of the next UN climate negotiations has declared. Speaking at a climate conference in Bonn, Germany, Chris Bowen…

thehindubusinessline.com - NITI Aayog meet: Jharkhand seeks ₹1.36 lakh crore dues, pushes for manufacturing industries
NITI Aayog meet: Jharkhand seeks ₹1.36 lakh crore dues, pushes for manufacturing industries
BusinessLine

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has urged the Centre to release pending dues of ₹1.36 lakh crore from coal companies and central public sector undertakings against coal mining in the state. He also requested the Union government to…

france24.com - COP31 hosts urged to 'lead by example' on fossil fuels
COP31 hosts urged to 'lead by example' on fossil fuels
FRANCE 24

Turkey is staging the UN climate talks in November but Australia will oversee the formal negotiations, in an unusual arrangement reached after both countries bid to host the conference. The summit is taking shape as war in the Middle East drives up…

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