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Coal Is Still A Force In U.S. Power Generation
ROBERTSON COUNTY, TEXAS - APRIL 29: Cows graze in a field near the coal-fueled Oak Grove Power Plant on April 29, 2024 in Robertson County, Texas. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images) The arctic blast which put a vast swath of the continental…
Corb Lund sees anti-coal mining petition drive re-approved by Elections Alberta
The petition by country singer and Alberta rancher Corb Lund to outlaw new coal mining in the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains is one step closer to being able to gather signatures. Elections Alberta says the application by the country singer…
Sunken Thames barges create new Essex island for birds
Old Thames barges have been sunk in an estuary to reduce erosion and create a new 'island' habitat for birds, in a project the National Trust believes to be the first of its kind in the UK. Three decommissioned lighters - old barges that were used…
Are Wood Pellets Worth Billions In Subsidies? Drax Faces A Reckoning
SELBY, ENGLAND - JANUARY 30: The winter sun sets behind the Drax Bio mass Power Station operated by Drax Group PLC on January 30, 2025 in Selby, England. Once one of the largest coal power plants in Europe, the Drax power station in North Yorkshire…
'Colossal' pollution spikes in Sydney's drinking water catchment
Dirty water from coal mining near Lithgow has polluted a major river in the Sydney drinking water catchment, the environmental watchdog has found. The NSW Environment Protection Authority issued a clean-up notice to Centennial Coal's Springvale…
Renewables supply more than fossil fuels as Australia notches power demand record
Australia's need for electricity is breaking records, with demand in the country's biggest grid reaching an all-time high for the final quarter of the year. The record came as Australia went past another milestone, with renewable energy supplying…
ASX 200 LIVE: Markets in holding pattern as Fed outlook awaited, Microsoft, Tesla, Meta to report after Wall Street closing bell
Australian share futures, as well as all three US equity benchmarks, will little changed before the release of the Federal Reserve's policy statement at 2pm (6am AEDT). While policymakers are widely expected to vote to hold rates steady, the…
'Landmark moment': Renewables' record surge sends power prices tumbling
Electricity prices in eastern Australia fell sharply in the final three months of last year as record-breaking contributions from renewable energy and large-scale batteries reduced the need to call on fossil fuels to plug supply gaps. Figures from…
Fossil fuels are doomed - and Trump can't save them
The past three years have been the world's hottest on record. In 2025, Earth was 1.44°C warmer than the long-term average, perilously close to breaching the Paris Agreement goal of 1.5°C. This warming is fuelling Australia's current…
Eating snow cones or snow cream can be a winter delight, if done safely
CONCORD, N.H. -- Take two snowballs and call me in the morning? Dr. Sarah Crockett, who specializes in emergency and wilderness medicine, doesn't explicitly tell her patients at New Hampshire's Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center to swallow snow…
National Trust sinks three barges to form new island for birds
The National Trust has sunk three decommissioned barges to form a new island for birds in the Blackwater Estuary in Essex. Up to 8,000 cubic metres of sediment – roughly the volume of three Olympic swimming pools – is being used to…
'Shameful': Trump's EPA accused of prioritizing big business over public health
After a tumultuous year under the Trump administration, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has adopted a new, almost unrecognizable guise – one that tears up environmental rules and cheerleads for coal, gas-guzzling cars and…
'Not radical, it's fair': Australian households would receive compensation in proposed 'polluter pays levy' scheme
The Albanese government could make deep emissions cuts and restructure an ailing federal budget by taxing polluting companies more than $35bn a year for the damage they cause to the planet, according to a report backed by senior economists and…
Sundance Film Festival Says Goodbye to Park City, Utah
The actor Ethan Hawke wouldn't be Ethan Hawke without the Sundance Film Festival. The director Cathy Yan might have given up her filmmaking dreams without it. And the producer Matthew Greenfield may not have become president of Searchlight Pictures…
King's film reveals his personal philosophy
Sean CoughlanRoyal correspondent, Windsor In an unusually personal royal film, King Charles has asserted his belief in the need for human life to work in keeping with the natural world - saying he would not be deterred by critics or scepticism.
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