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Environmental advocates ask Sask. Court of Appeal to review coal decision
A non-profit environmental group had its concerns regarding the Saskatchewan government's decision to extend coal-fired power plants heard by the province's highest court Tuesday. The Saskatchewan Environmental Society (SES) is asking the court to…
Belarus Releases 25 Prisoners After Lukashenko's Latest Talks With US Envoy Coale
US special envoy John Coale announced that 25 people were released from Belarusian prisons in exchange for the lifting of US sanctions on two Belarusian companies following talks with the country's longtime authoritarian leader, Aleksandr…
US carbon rules for coal and gas power plants go up in smoke
The US Environmental Protection Agency has repealed most of the Biden administration's carbon-emissions standards for coal and gas-fired power plants. In what many will see as a dark day for the environment, the Trump administration has dismantled…
EPA proposes approval of Indiana coal ash permitting program
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH)- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants to give Indiana more control over the disposal of coal combustion residuals known as coal ash. Indiana has more coal ash than any other state. Under the proposal, the state, rather…
Trump EPA repeals coal, gas power plant pollution limits
The Environmental Protection Agency Monday said it had finalized a repeal of rules limiting planet-warming pollution from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas. The EPA also proposed a related measure that would prevent future administrations…
Coal Ministry to launch 16th round of commercial mine auctions on Thursday
The Coal Ministry will launch the 16th Round of commercial mine auctions on Thursday with the Minister of State Satish Chandra Dubey scheduled to launch the event. Over the past six years, across 15 completed rounds, 147 coal mines have been…
Trump's EPA Will Let Power Companies Unleash Unlimited Greenhouse Gas Pollution
Climate change? What climate change? Choosing to bury their heads in the sand on behalf of the citizens of this country and perhaps the planet at large, the Trump administration has announced that the Environmental Protection Agency will eliminate…
With EPA's latest move, Trump topples the last pillar of Biden's climate legacy
Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Coal is by far the dirtiest of the world's major energy sources. It accounts for almost half of the cumulative global carbon…
AI panic is the new climate hysteria - and it's handing the future to China
The predictable result is rash, ineffective, and counterproductive reactions, even if the underlying concerns are valid. This happens in part because crisis sells, and attention-seeking media and pundits pounce. Definitive-sounding…
Queenslanders' rights to oppose mining projects 'gutted' by new laws, activists say
Queenslanders' right to object to mining projects – including coal – would be “gutted” by new legislation that would ban opponents from being heard in court without the minister's approval and then only if they owned a…
Trump's climate rollbacks will keep U.S. emissions higher for longer
President Donald Trump's broad rollbacks of federal greenhouse gas rules since January 2025 have altered the trajectory of U.S. energy use and helped set back cuts to planet-warming pollution by about a decade. The latest turnabout came on Monday…
Trump EPA's arguments for letting power plants spew unlimited pollution 'dead wrong'
In allowing US power plants to emit any amount of planet-heating pollution they wish to, the Trump administration made two striking claims – that this will cut Americans' electricity bills and that the pollution itself doesn't really matter…
Griffin Museum of Science and Industry to redevelop historic main entrance with new Welcome Hall
The Griffin Museum of Science and Industry plans to construct a new Welcome Hall for its primary entrance facing 57th Drive and Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. For its first 65 years, visitors to the museum walked up the grand staircase and…
AI in the Rust Belt: Pennsylvania hub rises in the age of data center anxiety
We were all working-class kids. Our fathers were firefighters, cops, steelworkers, and mechanical engineers. When Burrows took us there, he told us we could be anyone who worked there: a welder, electrician, engineer, chemist, plumber, or…
Belarus frees 25 more prisoners in return for easing of U.S. sanctions
Belarus has agreed to free 25 prisoners in return for a further easing of U.S. sanctions, an envoy for President Donald Trump said on Wednesday. The deal was part of lengthy negotiations in which Washington is urging Belarusian President Alexander…
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