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Apprehension as UK mining company enters Australian coal
The arrival of a new mining company has sparked apprehension in central Queensland communities. Dhilmar Ltd has purchased five mines, including the Grosvenor and Moranbah North underground coal mines, which are yet to return to full production…
Solar to dominate power sector over coal and gas by 2032, report suggests
Renewable energy alternatives will become the largest sources of electricity in the next 10 years, new research suggests, as nations seek to diversify their energy resources to avoid future supply shocks, as seen with the closure of the Strait of…
International Energy Agency Is Wrong To Forecast Coal's Demise
Activists would have us believe that coal is a dying energy source. But, thankfully for American coal states such as West Virginia and the Canadian provinces of Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia—all of which use millions of tonnes of coal every…
Indonesia's Prabowo announces export controls for coal, palm oil
Future sales of all natural resources -- starting with crude palm oil, coal and iron-containing alloys -- will go through state-owned enterprises appointed by the government, he told parliament. 'This means that the proceeds from every export sale…
Coal comfort
The ₹37,500-crore incentive scheme to promote surface coal gasification project in India is indeed an acknowledgement of the need to find more environmentally benign pathways to use the abundant, 400 billion tonnes of coal reserves that…
Jharia coal fires may burn hotter, emit more greenhouse gases than thought
Fires have burnt beneath the Jharia coal fields in Jharkhand for decades now, releasing smoke and gases through cracks in the ground. And according to a new study, parts of this underground fire system may burn hotter and release more greenhouse…
Activists demand South Africa stop supplying Israel with coal as a new report outlines complicity in the Gaza genocide
On March 15, 2026, the South African government formally acknowledged Israel's response to the country's written pleadings in the case of Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide in the Gaza Strip…
EPA proposes weakening coal-fired power plant wastewater pollution standards
The Trump administration has again moved to weaken its own environmental protection oversight of coal-fired plants, releasing a proposal to limit the reach of a rule that looms large in West Virginia. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on…
ASEAN nations return to fossil fuels, back away from net zero plans
For years, the governments in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations faced pressure from international lenders and climate forums to announce fossil fuel phase-outs, moratoria on new plants, and heavy bets on wind and solar. Indonesia and…
Japan says it has enough power to meet scorching summer demand
Japan will have enough electricity to meet demand during the sweltering summer months, the government said in its latest analysis of the supply situation. Households and businesses won't be asked to conserve power, as all regions are expected to…
Solar to dominate energy by 2035, but AI data centers will keep fossil fuels in business
Solar will become the largest source of power in the next decade, surpassing coal, oil and natural gas, according to a new report from BloombergNEF. The tectonic shift will occur alongside a historic rise in the use of energy driven by AI and the…
'Implausible': Scientists quietly reverse climate doomsday prediction beloved by corporate media
Climate scientists discarded an extreme global warming model frequently cited by news outlets in April after its predictions failed to materialize for over a decade. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) found that Representative…
Prison Can Make Or Break A Person
After spending 31 months in Chennai's Puzhal prison, Ahmed Buhari is finally breathing free, as courts across the country quashed proceedings linked to his group company Coastal Energy. Ahmed Buhari secured legal relief after multiple courts…
Negligence' not to prepare for climate change emergencies in Wales
Steffan Messenger Wales environment correspondent Wales' new government must do more to prepare the country for deadly heatwaves, droughts and flooding, according to the UK's advisers on climate change. The independent Climate Change Committee…
U.N. agency to remove worst-case climate scenario
May 19 (UPI) -- Climate scientists have decided to remove their worst-case scenario for how hot the Earth could get if nothing is done to slow global warming. The United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change seems ready to drop its most…
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