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Coal Clash Pits Billionaire Against Canadian Country Music Star
Australia's richest woman wants to mine coal in the Rocky Mountains and one of Canada's most famous country music singers has built a coalition of ranchers, fishermen and environmentalists to stop the project. A unit of billionaire Gina Rinehart's…
Solar energy production overtakes coal despite regulation changes
The sun now generates more electricity for U.S. consumers than coal, despite President Donald Trump's penchant for carbon-heavy power. Solar power rose to become the third largest electricity source in the U.S. last month, according to a Wednesday…
Chinese Region Promotes Coal Chemicals as Energy Security Fix
One of China's top coal-producing regions plans to expand use of the feedstock to manufacture chemicals, even as the practice poses a rising threat to the country's climate goals. The Iran War has boosted the coal-to-chemicals industry's economics…
Solar generates more energy than coal in US for 1st time: Report
The amount of solar power generated in the U.S. is continuing to grow despite efforts from the Trump administration to slow down the renewable energy sector, according to two reports released this week. The U.S. has generated more power from solar…
Laura Ashley Lives Again With an Archive Sale at Beyond Retro in London's Coal Drops Yard
PERIOD DRAMA: A selection of Laura Ashley archival designs from the 1980s through the 2010s has landed — ruffles, ditsy prints and all — at Beyond Retro's Coal Drops Yard store in London as part of the brand's “100 Years of an…
FedEx Stock: The Canary In The Coal Mine Is Giving Mixed Signals (NYSE:FDX)
FedEx strong performance over the past year has been at odds with certain long-term drivers for the stock. Based on historical relationships the odds of FDX delivering negative returns over the next year are quite high. The seemingly attractive…
Coal gasification a major business opportunity; India ready to enter 'coal gasification decade': G Kishan Reddy
India is ready to enter its 'coal gasification decade' and industry players must view coal gasification as a major business opportunity that can support the country's fertiliser, chemical, steel and energy sectors while reducing import dependence…
Coal Creek in line for mining
Gold fever shows no signs of slowing in Central Otago as another area is expected to be mined. The latest site was granted consent for mining a decade ago but it never progressed. Hawkeswood Mining has advertised a public meeting on July 2 to…
From safety hazard to climate solution: Technology tackling fugitive methane from coal mines
Every underground coal mine has one thing in common: Coal seams leak methane gas into the tunnel network, presenting a serious safety hazard. The control is the same the world over: continuously pump fresh air through the workings, diluting and…
What new mothers can teach us about the future of work
If you want to know whether a workplace is built for the future, don't ask the CEO. Ask the woman sprinting to daycare pickup at 5 pm. For the past several years we've approached new mothers as workers who need support. Flex schedules. Rooms to…
America's Solar Just Hit a Critical Milestone That Won't Make Trump Happy
In yet another blow to the Trump administration's energy agenda, solar overtook coal power generation in the U.S. electricity mix for the first month on record in May, according to an analysis published Wednesday by the energy think tank Ember. The…
Energy & Utilities Roundup: Market Talk
The latest Market Talks covering Energy and Utilities. Published exclusively on Dow Jones Newswires at 4:20 ET, 12:20 ET and 16:50 ET. 0552 GMT – India's power sector is likely undergoing dual-track evolution, Macquarie Equity Research's…
Corporate Tax Dodgers' Lobbying and Political Spending Records Reveal 'Self-Reinforcing Loop'
Today, Public Citizen released a new report analyzing the lobbying and political spending of 88 corporations that paid zero in corporate income taxes in 2025. The corporations in question were identified in a recent report by the Institute on…
Indonesia Says Export Agency Will Focus on Price, Not Trading
Indonesia's commodity export agency will focus on monitoring the price of key raw-material exports instead of intervening in trade, according to a senior official, in an apparent effort to ease industry concerns over a radical natural-resource…
NITI Aayog meet: Jharkhand seeks ₹1.36 lakh crore dues, pushes for manufacturing industries
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has urged the Centre to release pending dues of ₹1.36 lakh crore from coal companies and central public sector undertakings against coal mining in the state. He also requested the Union government to…
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