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China Releases Draft Revision of ETS Accounting Rules for Coal Power Plants -- OPIS
China's Ministry of Ecology and Environment on Thursday released a consultation draft updating emissions accounting and verification rules for coal-fired power plants under the national emissions trading system, revising key calculation parameters…
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…
Several States Contest Federal Orders Keeping Coal-Fired Power Plants Open
Authored by John Haughey via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A three-judge federal appeals panel is expected to issue a decision by year's end on a lawsuit challenging Energy Secretary Chris Wright's May 2025 emergency order that prevented a…
The world built more coal power in 2025, but used less
Coal is a key contributor to planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, and phasing it out is crucial to taming climate change. The growing affordability and abundance of renewable energy means solar and wind power can now cover growing electricity…
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…
Bord na Móna hands over former Suttons Coals site in Cork Docklands for housing development
The planned development of the former coal yard will add to the LDA's ongoing activity in Cork, where already close to 1,400 homes are either in planning or already under construction. The transfer of the Suttons Coals site to the agency follows…
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…
India's coal stock position comfortable as power demand hits new record
India's peak power demand this week has been breaking records, surpassing 265 GW on Wednesday, yet the country's coal stocks remain comfortable. Thermal power plants hold 51.98 million tonnes of reserves against a daily consumption of roughly 3.10…
How a remote patch of Gobi Desert became central to China's national security
As the war in Iran disrupts global oil and chemical supplies, China's coal-heavy energy sector is seizing an unprecedented opportunity. Dannie Peng visits the Changji Hui autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang – one of the country's four major…
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…
Value creation, bullshit jobs and the future of work
We create a job whenever someone with the authority to hire decides the value created is greater than the wages paid. In my lifetime, we've invented 7 billion or more jobs, which is great news. Great for the people who were able to earn a living…
Prabowo's biggest crackdown on tycoons shocked his own officials
In early May, President Prabowo Subianto summoned a handful of his most trusted advisers to his house in south Jakarta to discuss how to find more revenue as surging oil prices stretched Indonesia's finances. The small group eventually agreed on a…
IEA 'Ready to Act Immediately' on More Oil Stock Releases If Necessary -- Update -- OPIS
Currently, an estimated 2.5 million-3 million b/d of oil stemming from the agency's latest release is still coming to markets, he said. 'It was historic, but it is only 20% of the stocks that we have. Eighty percent is still here,' Birol said. 'So…
All hopes rest on Katowice to deliver on climate pledge - Opinion
General view shows the opening session of the COP23 United Nations Climate Change Conference on Nov 6, 2017 in Bonn, western Germany. [Photo/VCG] On a staid note, that's how the UN Climate Change Conference ended in Bonn, Germany, over the weekend…
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