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EPA Poised to Repeal Carbon Standards for Coal, Gas Power Plants
The US Environmental Protection Agency is expected to formally rescind carbon pollution standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants as soon as Monday, according to people familiar with the matter. The Trump administration's latest major climate…
GM's Coal-Powered Oldsmobile Was One Of The Strangest Experiments In Automotive History
There has never been a turbine-powered GM production car or one that was powered by coal. There were numerous obstacles to making turbine-powered production cars that General Motors, as well as Chrysler and its turbine car, could not overcome.
Trump administration poised to repeal carbon standards for coal, gas power plants
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is expected to formally rescind carbon pollution standards for fossil fuel-fired power plants as soon as Sept 14, according to people familiar with the matter. US President Donald Trump administration's…
Coal supply to Punjab power plants remains adequate, state needs to improve offtake from mines, says ministry
The Centre has taken steps to enable coal supplies to Punjab's independent power plants from Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd's (PSPCL) captive mines, an official statement said on Sunday. Adequate coal has been made available to Punjab's power…
WaterNSW to test market interest for $1b-plus pumped hydro projects
WaterNSW is testing commercial interest in three potential pumped hydro projects in the central west of the state, targeting the emerging market for long-duration electricity storage as coal-fired generators are retired and data centres drive up…
Mongolian gas flows surge as TMK Energy field comes alive
TMK Energy has chalked up another production milestone at its 100 per cent-owned Gurvantes XXXV coal seam gas (CSG) project in Mongolia, with flows showing an 11 per cent increase on August's daily average and continuing to build across its…
Hyper-scale data centre could draw quarter of Queensland's power usage
A proposed data centre at a feedlot in Queensland would have a total peak capacity of 2.16 gigawatts, equivalent to 1.5 million average Australian households. The Western Downs Regional Council is considering the development application for the…
EPA plans to raise your health costs by $120B on Monday
The EPA plans to announce a new policy on Monday that will eliminate limits on power plant pollution, saddling Americans with another $120 billion in long-term health costs, in the latest step of Trump's assault on Americans' pocketbooks. The news…
Hundreds of jobs to go at taxpayer-backed steelworks
Hundreds of workers at the collapsed Whyalla steelworks will lose their jobs after the site's administrators abandoned efforts to restart its ageing blast furnace in the final stages of a protracted sale process for the site, with $1 billion in…
As Punjab power crisis deepens, AAP government goes for bureaucratic reshuffle
3 min read Chandigarh Make us preferred source on Google Amid a worsening power crisis in Punjab, the A am Aadmi Party (AAP) government Monday changed its power secretary, with senior IAS officer Gurkirat Kirpal Singh replacing incumbent Basant…
Gas-based power output rises 80% amid evening supply shortfall
5 min read New Delhi Make us preferred source on Google Amid an unusual surge in power demand in September, India is increasingly relying on gas-based power to meet evening shortfall as hydropower generation remains constrained and coal-fired…
Energy bills will rise 'astronomically' under One Nation, Coalition
New Victorian Energy Minister Jaclyn Symes says a One Nation-led plan to cut bills by cancelling a huge cable project and increasing gas generation is misleading voters, and that the government has all but ruled out changes to a controversial…
Miner memorial to remember Bristol's worst pit disaster after 140 years
There were emotional scenes in South Bristol last week as the anniversary of Bristol's worst-ever mining tragedy was marked in a very poignant and permanent way. A crowd of around 50 people - mainly descendants of the miners who either died or…
The inspirational life of environmentalist Wendell Berry
Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. This coverage is made…
Beyond the Byline: Come out for a 'Hall' of a good time
On Saturday, Oct. 3, the Luzerne County Arts & Entertainment Hall of Fame will induct its fourth class — another remarkable group that will join the members of the first three classes in what truly is an outstanding representation of this…
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