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Reflections | After the Shanxi disaster, how China's coal mining industry evolved over history
A coal mine explosion occurred in China's Shanxi province last week. It was one of the deadliest in recent years, with 82 miners killed at the time of writing and many more injured. The details are familiar: a suspected gas blast, difficult rescue…
Environmentalists Turn Out in Force to Oppose Trump Coal Ash Rollbacks - Inside Climate News
At a virtual public comment hearing hosted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, a long line of environmental advocates voiced strong opposition to proposed new regulations weakening requirements that utilities must follow in…
Are falling loans for home purchase a canary in the property coal mine?
Banks are relentlessly upbeat about mortgages. Every month, the industry group, Banking and Payments Federation Ireland (BPFI), publishes data on how many mortgages have been sanctioned by Irish lenders and for how much money. The tone is…
Corb Lund's Alberta anti-coal petition enters homestretch amid separatism
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Colombia's Ban on Coal Exports to Israel Is in Danger
On July 24, 2025, the Malta-flagged bulk carrier Fortune left Puerto Drummond on Colombia's Caribbean coast with 93,297 tonnes of thermal coal in its holds, bound for Hadera. Later that day, Gustavo Petro declared that not another ton of Colombian…
Owls Found Thriving in Abandoned Coal Mine as Wildlife Reclaims Industrial Heritage Site
New photos show owls and wildlife reclaiming an abandoned coal mine 50 years after it closed. The Chatterley Whitfield mine in Staffordshire, England, last produced coal in 1976. Now, a half-century later, the son of a coal miner who worked there…
Corb Lund's Alberta anti-coal petition enters homestretch amid separatism
Country singer Corb Lund, who is petitioning the Alberta government to stop new coal mining in the Rocky Mountains, poses for a photo in Edmonton, on Thursday, May 28, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lisa Johnson Corb Lund is exhausted and would rather…
'Bigger and better than ever': how Durham Pride beat Reform's funding axe with help from the miners
As the annual Pride parade weaved its way through Durham, the rainbow flags, trans rights placards and sequined cowboy hats filled the medieval city's cobbled streets with a huge splash of colour. But this year, the rainbow flags were almost…
Editorial | Shanxi mine disaster must fuel efforts to eliminate workplace risks
China has largely reined in the human cost of industrial accidents during years of economic growth at breakneck pace. A shocking exception was last Friday's gas explosion that killed at least 82 people at the Liushenyu coal mine in Shanxi province…
Andy Burnham vows to fight for 'every penny' over Mineworkers' pension scandal
Andy Burnham has vowed to “keep fighting” to ensure miners are paid every penny owed to them over the Mineworkers' Pension Scheme scandal. The Greater Manchester Mayor met former mineworkers over breakfast in Makerfield on Saturday…
Be Your Own Oil Company With Desktop Fischer-Tropsch Process
Plastics, oil, petrol– the modern world is entirely dependent on hydrocarbons. The good sources are slowly running low and supply is increasingly complicated by geopolitical factors we really don't want to get into, but hey! It's just…
Labor wants to move on from the budget. Here's why it can't
You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Despite the government's best efforts, Australians simply won't move on from the federal budget. A fortnight out, it's still news – online…
Chasing billions: Indonesia's commodity export crackdown sows confusion
Indonesia lost nearly US$1 trillion in resource wealth over a 34-year period due to deceptive trade practices, President Prabowo Subianto declared in parliament on May 20. That same day, a set of new export controls was unveiled. Foreign-exchange…
Sheffield's Graves Park celebrates its 100th anniversary
Lucy Ashton, South Yorkshire political reporter and Ellie Colton, BBC Radio Sheffield 'The amazing thing is, he was the predecessor of Amazon and online sales because he realised you could sell things through a catalogue.' Prof Ian Rotherham is…
Cyclops #5 Preview: The Blind Leading the Bland
Posted in: Comics, Marvel Comics, Preview | Tagged: cyclops Cyclops #5 hits stores Wednesday. Can our blinded hero overcome Pierce's metal advantage, or is this the end of the X-line? Cyclops #5 releases Wednesday, June 3rd, continuing Scott…
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