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abc.net.au - Neve Brissenden - Coal workers back strike action at heart of WA's energy grid
Coal workers back strike action at heart of WA's energy grid
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Workers at Premier Coal have voted to take protected industrial action after talks between unions and the Chinese-owned miner broke down. The parties are trying to negotiate their final enterprise agreement before coal-fired power is phased out in…

iol.co.za - Hope Ntanzi - Correctional Services CFO among four suspended over coal tender probe
Correctional Services CFO among four suspended over coal tender probe
IOL

Correctional Services Minister Dr Pieter Groenewald has suspended four senior officials, including the chief financial officer, over allegations of fraud linked to a coal supply tender. Correctional Services Minister Dr Pieter Groenewald has…

nationalobserver.com - Zoe Mason - Rejected Grassy Mountain coal mine is back with a scaled-down proposal
Rejected Grassy Mountain coal mine is back with a scaled-down proposal
Canada's National Observer

Five years after a coal mining operation at Grassy Mountain in Alberta was rejected over environmental risks, the company behind the project plans to submit a scaled-back proposal by the end of the year. Northback Holdings Corporation, the Canadian…

smh.com.au - Nick Toscano - 'The sites are ready': Power giant wants AI data centres built at its coal plants
'The sites are ready': Power giant wants AI data centres built at its coal plants
The Sydney Morning Herald

The owner of two giant coal-fired power plants in Victoria and New South Wales is pitching its sites as prime real estate for new data centres, saying their ready-made access to the electricity grid, water and industrial-zoned land make them the…

thehindubusinessline.com - India has coal reserves for 51 days: Reddy
India has coal reserves for 51 days: Reddy
BusinessLine

India currently has around 123 million tonnes of coal reserves, sufficient to meet the country's requirements for about 51 days, Union Minister of Coal and Mines G Kishan Reddy said on Tuesday, ruling out concerns over coal availability despite…

forbes.com - Hammad Ali Nasir - The Global Gig Economy As A Preview Of AI's Labor Market
The Global Gig Economy As A Preview Of AI's Labor Market
Forbes

Hammad, co-founder of Adcelerate360°, is a leader and board advisor guiding global enterprises through the age of AI-powered commerce. I began my career inside American companies at a time when the idea of world-class work flowing from the…

reviewjournal.com - Guy Caruso Insidesources.com - COMMENTARY: U.S. renewable portfolio standards a gift to Beijing
COMMENTARY: U.S. renewable portfolio standards a gift to Beijing
Las Vegas Review-Journal

“Coal is China's foundational energy source,” according to Beijing's latest Five-Year Plan for Coal Industry Development — a reality that's not changing anytime soon. Last year, China added near-record coal capacity, with an…

wsws.org - Black lung cases surge to highest levels since 1978 among US coalminers
Black lung cases surge to highest levels since 1978 among US coalminers
World Socialist Web Site

A new study by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) has confirmed what miners, their widows and black lung clinic physicians have warned for years: the deadly and preventable disease has returned to levels not seen in…

bloomberg.com - John Ainger - EU Warned Failure to End Russian Energy Ties Risks Fresh Crisis
EU Warned Failure to End Russian Energy Ties Risks Fresh Crisis
Bloomberg

The European Union is failing to make the investment needed to end its historic dependence on Russian fossil fuels, leaving it vulnerable to future shocks, the bloc's spending watchdog said. States have committed less than a fifth of the…

abc.net.au - Keane Bourke - It won't work': WA opposition blasts 'State of Energy' ad campaign
It won't work': WA opposition blasts 'State of Energy' ad campaign
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

A $30 million campaign by Western Australia's government to promote the state's efforts to transition to renewable energy has come under fire from the opposition. The government says the 'State of Energy' campaign is meant to showcase WA's…

bloomberg.com - Chanyaporn Chanjaroen - Indonesian Tycoon Haji Isam Lobs Low-Ball Bid for Miner Bayan
Indonesian Tycoon Haji Isam Lobs Low-Ball Bid for Miner Bayan
Bloomberg

Indonesian tycoon Andi Syamsuddin Arsyad has bid just $3 billion for a controlling stake in coal miner PT Bayan Resources, according to people familiar with the matter, a fraction of the firm's current market value. After weeks of negotiations, an…

scmp.com - Xinyi Wu - China's factory-gate price growth quickens as Iran war fuels energy volatility
China's factory-gate price growth quickens as Iran war fuels energy volatility
South China Morning Post

China's factory-gate price growth accelerated in August, while consumer inflation picked up again, amid volatile energy and commodity costs linked to the US-Israel war on Iran. The producer price index rose 3.8 per cent year on year last month, up…

hollywoodreporter.com - Steven Zeitchik - A Hollywood Creators Group Is Trying to Assess What AI Is Doing to the Industry (Exclusive)
A Hollywood Creators Group Is Trying to Assess What AI Is Doing to the Industry (Exclusive)
The Hollywood Reporter

Are story editors in Hollywood especially prone to AI disruption? What about concept illustrators? Sound mixers? Those are some of the questions tackled in an evolving public project that will be launched Wednesday by the Creators Coalition on AI.

afr.com - Angela Macdonald-Smith - Explosion in data centre demand looms over entire power grid
Explosion in data centre demand looms over entire power grid
Australian Financial Review

Electricity use by data centres in NSW is expected to grow four times more in the next 10 years than expected 12 months ago, underscoring the huge expansion needed in renewables, storage and transmission to meet demand at the same time as coal…

grist.org - Katie Myers - Wendell Berry's life on Earth
Wendell Berry's life on Earth
Grist

This coverage is made possible through a partnership between Grist and BPR, a public radio station serving western North Carolina. ​ Wendell Berry made his choices and stuck to them. He did not have a computer or a smartphone. He wrote more…

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