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nytimes.com - Soumya Karlamangla - A Stand Against Coal Could Push Oakland Toward Bankruptcy
A Stand Against Coal Could Push Oakland Toward Bankruptcy
The New York Times

It could turn out to be the costliest story ever written in a Utah weekly newspaper. In April 2015, the Richfield Reaper covered a new initiative to export Utah coal through a port in Oakland, Calif., and across the Pacific Ocean. The story found…

bloomberg.com - Coking Coal Drops for a Fifth Session in China on Oversupply
Coking Coal Drops for a Fifth Session in China on Oversupply
Bloomberg

Chinese coking coal futures extended declines on signs importers are taking more supplies from overseas just as the market heads into a seasonal period of weaker demand. Futures of the fuel used in steelmaking fell as much as 2.4% in Dalian on…

abc.net.au - Brandon Long - Decade overdue' salt conversion plan could rewrite coal seam gas future
Decade overdue' salt conversion plan could rewrite coal seam gas future
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

An Australian company has secured a site on Queensland's Western Downs to build a salt processing plant. The plant would take salty coal seam gas water and convert it into chemicals for industry and water for farming. Pending approval, the company…

dailymail.co.uk - James Cirrone - Counties in deep red state could lose up a third of their residents
Counties in deep red state could lose up a third of their residents
Mail Online

Sign up for our US Editor's Picks newsletter to get all the biggest exclusive stories Areas of West Virginia that used to employ tens of thousands of people in the now-dying coal industry are facing huge population declines over the next 15 years.

thehindubusinessline.com - India's coal production & despatch fell for second consecutive month in October 2025
India's coal production & despatch fell for second consecutive month in October 2025
BusinessLine

India's coal production and despatch declined for the second consecutive month in October this year largely in line with lower demand for the dry fuel from the Power sector, which also reflected in lower electricity consumption. According to the…

forbes.com - Ian Dexter Palmer, Ph.D. - Electricity Prices Will Shoot Up Due To U.S. Federal Mandates
Electricity Prices Will Shoot Up Due To U.S. Federal Mandates
Forbes

An electricity plug in front of a red lamp. dpa/picture alliance via Getty Images In the courtroom of energy supply, data centers and AI make the case that electricity demand will grow strongly between now and 2030. On one side, China argues that…

newsweek.com - Newsweek Staff - Uncommon Knowledge: Trump may be winning the global climate change debate
Uncommon Knowledge: Trump may be winning the global climate change debate
Newsweek

COP30, a U.N. conference on tackling global warming, had to be evacuated because the venue caught fire. The fire was not even the biggest problem at the meeting, which brought together around 200 countries exactly 10 years after the landmark Paris…

telegraph.co.uk - Jonathan Leake - Cheap Chinese wind turbines to flood British waters
Cheap Chinese wind turbines to flood British waters
The Telegraph

British waters could be flooded with cheap Chinese wind turbines in the future because the cost of Beijing building the machines has plummeted so fast, a new study has warned. Offshore turbines can now be built in China for roughly a third of the…

afr.com - Angela Macdonald-Smith - EnergyAustralia plots $5b-plus transformation of ageing Yallourn plant
EnergyAustralia plots $5b-plus transformation of ageing Yallourn plant
Australian Financial Review

EnergyAustralia will convert its 101-year-old Yallourn coal power site in Victoria into a low-carbon emissions hub supplying data centres, industry and households, in an ambitious plan that will cost over $5 billion. The country's third-largest…

theguardian.com - Josh Butler - Labor pledges to pass long-awaited nature laws this week as Greens demand more concessions
Labor pledges to pass long-awaited nature laws this week as Greens demand more concessions
The Guardian

Years of debate about environmental law reform have come down to a tense standoff in the final sitting week of federal parliament for the year, with Labor claiming it can do a deal that will pass the Senate by Thursday. The government is still…

rediff.com - Saket Kumar - Chinese steel inflows via Nepal raise alarm
Chinese steel inflows via Nepal raise alarm
Rediff.com

The matter has now been escalated and the ministry has written to Customs, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) and the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) to investigate it thoroughly. Chinese steel may have been routed into the country through…

thehindu.com - Ani - Bihar: Uranium found in breastmilk of lactating mothers, more studies expected in other states
Bihar: Uranium found in breastmilk of lactating mothers, more studies expected in other states
The Hindu

: A recent study has revealed alarming levels of uranium (U238) in the breastmilk of lactating mothers across sevarl districts in Bihar, raising serious health concerns for their infants.Researchers from multiple institutions have found that…

thechronicle.com.gh - A Just Transition Is A Talent Transition - The Ghanaian Chronicle
A Just Transition Is A Talent Transition - The Ghanaian Chronicle
Home - The Ghanaian Chronicle

Africa stands at a pivotal juncture, urged to decarbonise for the planet's sake even as it struggles to power its own growth. With 600 million people still lacking access to electricity, and coal providing cheap, reliable energy, the continent…

reason.com - Eric Boehm - Trump's tariffs are likely to make toys more expensive this Christmas shopping season
Trump's tariffs are likely to make toys more expensive this Christmas shopping season
Reason Magazine - Free Minds and Free Markets

Santa Claus might be able to evade customs checkpoints as he magically smuggles toys into the country for the good boys and girls—but everyone else doing Christmas shopping this year could run into some problems. Thanks to higher tariffs and…

smh.com.au - Stephen Bartholomeusz - BHP's 'Hail Mary' bid to gatecrash a $92 billion deal
BHP's 'Hail Mary' bid to gatecrash a $92 billion deal
The Sydney Morning Herald

A BHP acquisition, had the Anglo board seriously entertained its latest overtures, mightn't have been as complex or risky as last year's attempts, but it would still have been expensive. Since BHP made its three escalating bids last year, none of…

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