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bloomberg.com - Howard Chua-Eoan - China Is Making Mountains Out of Coal Hills
China Is Making Mountains Out of Coal Hills
Bloomberg

This is Bloomberg Opinion Today, a smoldering summation of Bloomberg Opinion's opinions. Sign up here. As we've all learned since Feb. 27, the shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz doesn't just affect the price of gasoline for your car. For many…

arstechnica.com - John Timmer - Soaring solar and a surge in hydro push more coal off the US grid
Soaring solar and a surge in hydro push more coal off the US grid
Ars Technica

Last year, the first few months of data from the US grid suggested that fears of a data-center-driven surge in demand were becoming a reality. Demand had risen by about 3 percent, triggering a surge in coal, interrupting what had been a long…

bloomberg.com - Liam Denning - New Jersey's Carbon Cap Is Boosting Pennsylvania Coal
New Jersey's Carbon Cap Is Boosting Pennsylvania Coal
Bloomberg

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…

timesleader.com - Diamonds & Coal: Reading camps, elections, and an absurd theft attempt
Diamonds & Coal: Reading camps, elections, and an absurd theft attempt
Times Leader

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…

motherjones.com - Julian Spector - Solar electricity is poised to overtake coal in-of all palces-Texas
Solar electricity is poised to overtake coal in-of all palces-Texas
Mother Jones

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…

afr.com - Peter Ker - Billionaire, bankrupt, boss: Nathan Tinkler plots coal comeback
Billionaire, bankrupt, boss: Nathan Tinkler plots coal comeback
Australian Financial Review

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…

seekingalpha.com - Goehring & Rozencwajg Associates - Coal Equities: A Stand Out Segment Within The Natural Resource Equity Universe
Coal Equities: A Stand Out Segment Within The Natural Resource Equity Universe
Seeking Alpha

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…

medpagetoday.com - Charles Bankhead - Coal Mining and Cancer; Cancer Viruses in Wastewater; Sunscreens Miss the Mark Again
Coal Mining and Cancer; Cancer Viruses in Wastewater; Sunscreens Miss the Mark Again
Medpage Today

A systematic review of studies of exposure to pollutants at coal mining operations showed a consistent association with higher cancer mortality. (American Cancer Society) Vanessa Trump, 48, the former wife of Donald Trump Jr., announced she has…

wzzm13.com - Peter Elliott - Michigan AG Nessel renews call to close J.H. Campbell Coal Plant
Michigan AG Nessel renews call to close J.H. Campbell Coal Plant
WZZM13.com

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…

thecentersquare.com - Elyse S. Apel - Nessel pushes back as Trump administration extends order keeping coal plant open
Nessel pushes back as Trump administration extends order keeping coal plant open
The Center Square

(The Center Square) – The Trump administration has again extended its emergency order keeping a west Michigan coal plant operating. U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright issued a fifth emergency order earlier this week requiring the J.H.

seekingalpha.com - Goehring & Rozencwajg Associates - Goehring & Rozencwajg Q1 2026 Natural Resource Market Commentary (Mutual Fund:GRHAX)
Goehring & Rozencwajg Q1 2026 Natural Resource Market Commentary (Mutual Fund:GRHAX)
Seeking Alpha

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…

bloomberg.com - Anuradha Raghu - Palm Oil Markets Split as Indonesia Export Revamp Confuses Trade
Palm Oil Markets Split as Indonesia Export Revamp Confuses Trade
Bloomberg

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…

bloomberg.com - Haslinda Amin - Indonesia's Danantara Says to 'Listen to Market' on Export Body
Indonesia's Danantara Says to 'Listen to Market' on Export Body
Bloomberg

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…

townhall.com - Vijay Jayaraj - Energy Apartheid Denying Africa Tech Future
Energy Apartheid Denying Africa Tech Future
Townhall

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…

indianexpress.com - Ravi Dutta Mishra - Supply chains hit, Government asks industry if local production of 200 petro items possible
Supply chains hit, Government asks industry if local production of 200 petro items possible
The Indian Express

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…

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