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India is the canary in the global inflation coal mine
Global inflation has been climbing back for months. India's June print — 4.38%, up from 3.93% in May and above every forecast — isn't a shock out of nowhere. It's the sharpest data point yet in a trend that started well before this…
Coal plants would cut power costs by 2050, but with a massive price to pay
Investing in more fossil fuels and limiting the rollout of wind and solar farms could cut 5 per cent from Australia's electricity costs by 2050, the CSIRO says, but the strategy would require the nation to abandon all climate commitments and allow…
After Biden Denied Alabama Coal Waste Bid, Trump Reverses Course
The Environmental Protection Agency on Monday proposed to approve Alabama's application to take over issuing certain coal waste permits from the agency, part of a trend under President Donald Trump to transfer more authority from the federal…
300 km around Delhi: The biggest coal polluters have one thing in common
In 2015, India gave its coal power plants two years to install the technology to cut sulfur dioxide emissions. Ten years, four deadline extensions, and one major rule dilution later, most plants still don't have it, and as of last July, most never…
SoftBank's Masayoshi Son sees fusion power as key to AI's future
SoftBank Group founder Masayoshi Son said that in the not-so-distant future, nuclear fusion technology will offer the most realistic solution for powering AI data centers' ballooning needs. Natural gas will provide the bulk of data centers' power…
Why middle America isn't on your timeline
Long before it was a haven for swimming, fishing, kayaking, camping, and sunbathing, this very dirt belonged to the Keystone Coal and Coke Company. In 1909, the company dammed the convergence of McCune and Davis runs, creating this 78-acre lake for…
Trump rollbacks hit $83 billion in solar and wind power projects
President Donald Trump's rollback of clean energy policies have resulted in nearly $83 billion in canceled or delayed investment for projects across the country, according to a new analysis from an environmental group. The labor and environmental…
Coalition and One Nation's plan to ditch net zero would not lower power prices, CSIRO report finds
Claims by the Coalition and One Nation that abandoning a net zero climate target would bring down power prices are contradicted in a new CSIRO report on the costs of generating electricity. Generation costs will probably rise after 2030 regardless…
China investigates mine-safety official for corruption after deadly gas explosion
The top mine safety official in one of China 's major coal producing regions is under investigation for corruption following a gas explosion that killed 82 workers in May. Hu Haijun, the director of the Shanxi Bureau of the National Mine Safety…
Batteries charge ahead as data centres fuel gas turbine costs: CSIRO
Australia's top science agency has found batteries are now cheaper at supplying peak demand for power than gas. The CSIRO's annual GenCost report notes insatiable demand for gas-fired power from US data centres is driving up turbine costs. At the…
China investigates mine-safety official for corruption after deadly gas explosion
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Trump clean energy policies linked to US$83 billion in delayed or canceled projects
Trump administration policies that scaled back federal support for clean energy have led to the cancellation or delay of US$83 billion (HK$647.4 billion) in investment across hundreds of projects, according to a report released on Tuesday by labor…
Singareni Bharosa Yatra concludes
Calling for unity to safeguard the Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL), Union Minister for Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy has pledged the Centre's continued support to the public sector coal company and vowed to stand by its workers in…
China expels Politburo member Ma Xingrui in Xi's anti-corruption campaign
A senior official has been expelled from China 's ruling Communist Party, state media said Tuesday, the latest to fall in Chinese leader Xi Jinping 's long-running anti-corruption campaign. Ma Xingrui was a member of the Politburo, the 24-member…
Power auction results will indicate 2028 electricity cost trends
(The Center Square) – The regional power grid manager plans to announce the results of its latest capacity auction late Tuesday, an outcome that will determine a portion of Pennsylvania's electricity costs beginning in 2028. Ahead of the…
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