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Coal's Revival Is Creating Divisions in Canada's Energy Heartland
At the top of Grassy Mountain, some 6,700 feet above sea level, seams of coal are baked into the mountainside, visible through mining in this stretch of the Rocky Mountains in southwestern Alberta from the early to mid-1900s. This and other former…
Look Again, It's Coal Outside Contributor
Lumps of coal are typically reserved for the Christmas stocking of the worst-behaved children. Mining is essential to the modern economy, but its impacts warrant careful consideration. The S&P Global Mining Reduced Coal Index has a little more…
The fuel that built the nation: What it costs you each month for having coal power closed down * WorldNetDaily * by By Frank Clemente, Fred Palmer, Real Clear Wire
The American people are paying a huge price for politically driven decisions to abandon the fuel that built the nation. The data are clear, coal keeps electricity prices at a reasonable level, enhances reliability, supports national security and…
Wall Street Zen Upgrades Warrior Met Coal (NYSE:HCC) to 'Strong-Buy'
Warrior Met Coal (NYSE:HCC - Get Free Report) was upgraded by research analysts at Wall Street Zen from a 'buy' rating to a 'strong-buy' rating in a note issued to investors on Saturday, Wall Street Zen reports. Other research analysts have also…
Systrade AG Makes New $1.75 Million Investment in Warrior Met Coal $HCC
Systrade AG bought a new stake in Warrior Met Coal (NYSE:HCC - Free Report) during the 3rd quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 19,839…
Trump gets richer while gas prices soar
In mid-September, Chinese scientists announced a breakthrough in extracting hydrogen and fresh water from the ocean with about 15% better energy efficiency than older techniques. Their research, published in Nature Energy on Sept. 15, underscores…
Will AI Devalue The Real World?
Economic reality embeds many paradoxes, unexpected outcomes that go the opposite direction of what you might intuitively predict. The best example concerns a new innovation that seems to make more efficient use of existing resources. Intuition…
New in the Thermal Coal Intelligence Tool: China, India and Vietnam
Sooooo… we've been busy. The Thermal Coal Intelligence Tool we have for Premium website subscribers over at TheCoalTrader.com has a TON of new data on three countries which dictate a large portion of seaborne thermal market dynamics. Here's…
OUT ON A LIMB: When names confuse you, just keep digging
Breathes there a genealogist who has not agonized over problems like whether someone in an ancestral family is an offspring, a sibling or a cousin because they all have the same given name? With our season of family-oriented holidays just ahead…
Supply Chains Were Always Probabilistic-AI Is Finally Catching Up
Three trucking carrier CEOs recently told me they use about 20 percent of the telematics data their fleets produce. Twenty years of wiring trailers, trucks and warehouses, and four-fifths of what those sensors capture is collected but never used.
Steam is testament to how the North East led the way
Two metro train drivers who put in voluntary shifts shovelling coal on a steam railway have said the historic engineering is a 'testament to how our region led the way'. Michael Darling, from Monkseaton, and Rob Kitching, from Durham, who usually…
How America's Worst Industrial Disaster Was Erased From the Record
At least 764 laborers died of silicon dioxide lung damage, but that estimate is likely low, says the expert who wrote the book on the Hawk's Nest dam tragedy. Silicosis prevention was already well understood, but tunnel workers received no…
The picturesque Lancashire town with a bizarre nickname and a rich history
Westhoughton, near Bolton, may be best known today for its residential streets and busy town centre, but the town has a history that stretches back centuries. From the origins of its unusual name to a local nickname involving cow heads, there are…
We Must Embrace, Not Pause, AI and Data Centers
China, Iran, North Korea and ISIS won't pause their AI race. The US would be crazy to do so. A recent Friends of the Earth email wailed that Urgent Action is needed to prevent massive data centers from destroying communities, the environment and…
£300 fines for households over log burner mistake after law change
You cannot emit smoke from a chimney in a smoke control area Fines of up to £300 could be handed to households in England with a log burner for making a common mistake. The autumn season is now in full swing which has seen the UK weather…
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