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New Jersey's Carbon Cap Is Boosting Pennsylvania Coal
If paying for carbon emissions is a tough sell, paying for someone else's is a provocation. But that seems to be happening in a small corner of the US electricity market trying to do the right thing called New Jersey. The artificial intelligence…
Diamonds & Coal: Reading camps, elections, and an absurd theft attempt
Students read with their stuffed animals in a tent in the Northwest Area Primary School library. Sydney Allabaugh | Times Leader Diamonds to Northwest Area's repeat performance of a reading camp in the school library. Once again, the staff did an…
Solar electricity is poised to overtake coal in-of all palces-Texas
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 Canary Media and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Texas sun…
China swaps Middle East oil for Xinjiang coal. What does it mean for the world?
As the war in Iran disrupts global oil and chemical supplies, China's coal-heavy energy sector is seizing an unprecedented opportunity. Dannie Peng visited the Changji Hui Autonomous Prefecture in northern Xinjiang – one of China's four…
Coal Equities: A Stand Out Segment Within The Natural Resource Equity Universe
Australian seaborne thermal coal prices surged 35%, while South African thermal coal exported through Richards Bay rose a strong 30%. Japan has suspended restrictions on older and less-efficient coal-fired plants through 2027, while South Korea…
Billionaire, bankrupt, boss: Nathan Tinkler plots coal comeback
He was a billionaire, then a bankrupt and now Nathan Tinkler is back again with a deal to become executive chairman of ASX-listed mining aspirant White Energy. Tinkler was announced on Friday as the next executive chairman of White, based on…
Black Workers Are the Canaries in the Coal Mine During Trump 2.0
Truthout is an indispensable resource for activists, movement leaders and workers everywhere. Please make this work possible with a quick donation. Nearly a decade ago, Donald Trump infamously asked Black voters in his pitch to garner their…
Michigan AG Nessel renews call to close J.H. Campbell Coal Plant
WEST OLIVE, Mich. — Standing in front of the J.H. Campbell coal plant, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel invoked a comedy movie from the late ‘80s. 'They are keeping this carcass of a coal plant operational, like it's something…
Goehring & Rozencwajg Q1 2026 Natural Resource Market Commentary (Mutual Fund:GRHAX)
Commodity markets, and energy markets especially, have always possessed a peculiar instability. Periods of acute shortage and extraordinary profitability have a habit of convincing investors that prosperity will persist indefinitely, while periods…
Palm Oil Markets Split as Indonesia Export Revamp Confuses Trade
Palm oil buyers are picking up spot cargoes at bargain rates even as futures prices climb, as traders attempt to understand the impact of a radical export overhaul announced by top producer Indonesia earlier this week. President Prabowo Subianto…
Indonesia's Danantara Says to 'Listen to Market' on Export Body
Indonesia is “listening very closely to the market” as it builds a body to oversee key commodity exports, according to Pandu Sjahrir, chief investment officer of sovereign wealth fund Danantara, after a shock announcement that sowed…
Energy Apartheid Denying Africa Tech Future
Africa's push to host world-class data centers — AI's digital engines — is running up against a political embargo on the fuels that reliably power them, and ordinary Africans are paying the price. Kenya just shelved a $1 billion…
Supply chains hit, Government asks industry if local production of 200 petro items possible
5 min read New Delhi Make us preferred source on Google The Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), in a meeting with the petrochemical industry, has asked them to “urgently respond” on the scope to indigenise…
Yubari melons fetch record ¥5.8 million at first auction of season
A box of two Yubari melons fetched a record ¥5.8 million at this season's first auction held in Sapporo on Friday. The winning bid came from Futami-Seika, a fruit and vegetable wholesaler based in the city of Kushiro in Hokkaido. The melons…
Why more Hong Kong and mainland Chinese companies are building cash buffers
More companies and conglomerates in Hong Kong and mainland China are hoarding cash on their balance sheets – following the approach of billionaire investor Warren Buffett 's investment vehicle – as returns from mature industries…
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