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Diamonds & Coal: Reading camps, elections, and an absurd theft attempt
Students read with their stuffed animals in a tent in the Northwest Area Primary School library. Sydney Allabaugh | Times Leader Diamonds to Northwest Area's repeat performance of a reading camp in the school library. Once again, the staff did an…
China swaps Middle East oil for Xinjiang coal. What does it mean for the world?
As the war in Iran disrupts global oil and chemical supplies, China's coal-heavy energy sector is seizing an unprecedented opportunity. Dannie Peng visited the Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture in northern Xinjiang – one of China's four…
Billionaire, bankrupt, boss: Nathan Tinkler plots coal comeback
He was a billionaire, then a bankrupt and now Nathan Tinkler is back again with a deal to become executive chairman of ASX-listed mining aspirant White Energy. Tinkler was announced on Friday as the next executive chairman of White, based on…
Black Workers Are the Canaries in the Coal Mine During Trump 2.0
Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a quick donation. Nearly a decade ago, Donald Trump infamously asked Black voters in his pitch to garner their…
Charted: Texas solar is surpassing coal
Utility-scale solar power generation is expected to soar past coal-fired power in Texas this year — and the gap will keep widening in 2027, per the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Why it matters: The heart of the nation's…
Russia accused of plundering Ukraine's grain, coal and minerals in occupied territories
KYIV, Ukraine | First, Russia took Ukraine's land. Now, Ukrainian officials and legal experts say, Moscow is stripping and selling what lies above and beneath it. The Ukrainian government and international organizations warn that Russia is seizing…
Listen: Morano on Houston's Morning News: 'Coal is the most national security-friendly energy source, period' - 'With Oil, no matter how much oil the U.S. produces, unless we nationalize our oil industry, we are subject to the global price'
Broadcast May 20, 2026 – KTRH Houston Question: All right, is coal going to make a big comeback? Clean coal? Of course, six twenty four is our time Marc Morano joins us with the Climate Depot. I know there's some environmentalists out there…
Palm Oil Markets Split as Indonesia Export Revamp Confuses Trade
Palm oil buyers are picking up spot cargoes at bargain rates even as futures prices climb, as traders attempt to understand the impact of a radical export overhaul announced by top producer Indonesia earlier this week. President Prabowo Subianto…
Indonesia's Danantara Says to 'Listen to Market' on Export Body
Indonesia is “listening very closely to the market” as it builds a body to oversee key commodity exports, according to Pandu Sjahrir, chief investment officer of sovereign wealth fund Danantara, after a shock announcement that sowed…
Energy Apartheid Denying Africa Tech Future
Africa's push to host world-class data centers — AI's digital engines — is running up against a political embargo on the fuels that reliably power them, and ordinary Africans are paying the price. Kenya just shelved a $1 billion…
Supply chains hit, Government asks industry if local production of 200 petro items possible
5 min read New Delhi Make us preferred source on Google The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), in a meeting with the petrochemical industry, has asked them to “urgently respond” on the scope to indigenise…
Yubari melons fetch record ¥5.8 million at first auction of season
A box of two Yubari melons fetched a record ¥5.8 million at this season's first auction held in Sapporo on Friday. The winning bid came from Futami-Seika, a fruit and vegetable wholesaler based in the city of Kushiro in Hokkaido. The melons…
The Market's Revenge on Energy Statism
There are few contemporary experiments as instructive for the friend of liberty as the one currently unfolding in Argentina. Beneath the soil of Patagonia, in the province of Neuquén, lies a 30,000 km geological basin known as Vaca Muerta…
Oil markets nearing 'red zone' as summer travel season nears, warns IEA chief
Oil markets will enter the “red zone” by July and August as stocks dwindle before the summer travel season amid a shortage of fresh oil exports from the Middle East, the executive director of the International Energy Authority warned…
Why more Hong Kong and mainland Chinese companies are building cash buffers
More companies and conglomerates in Hong Kong and mainland China are hoarding cash on their balance sheets – following the approach of billionaire investor Warren Buffett 's investment vehicle – as returns from mature industries…
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