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Trump Desperately Pumps Money Into Dying Coal Industry
Can't-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech The coal industry has been in decline for decades. But tell that to president Trump, who's firmly convinced he'd rather save coal from dying than the Earth's climate. Extolling the…
Trump announces $700 million in new support for struggling coal industry
President Donald Trump is again seeking to boost the struggling U.S. coal industry, announcing a plan Thursday to spend nearly $700 million to support coal-fired power plants and coal exports. Trump said the administration will use…
China achieves major breakthrough in innovating low-carbon hydrogen-coal co-firing technology
An aerial drone photo taken on June 2, 2026 shows a photovoltaic-aquaculture farm at a mining subsidence area in Binhu Town, Tengzhou City, east China's Shandong Province. Shandong Province has seen the development in its photovoltaic power sector…
Open hearing on coal procurement inquiry set for July first week
Open hearing of evidence into alleged irregularities in coal procurement is scheduled to begin in the first week of July, while the Presidential Commission of Inquiry continues recording statements from relevant officials, investigators said. So…
Hormuz Crisis Exposes a Global Flaw That Will Take Years to Fix
Iran 's closure of the Strait of Hormuz showed how a country can weaponize an economic pinch point to seismic effect. The question now is what governments decide to do about it. Copyright ©2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Iran is 'Trump's Vietnam' - and it's going to get a lot worse
Leon Panetta has been in politics as long as any of us can remember. He started out as a Republican, working in the office of Sen. Thomas Kuchel, R-Calif., in the late 1960s. (Kuchel belonged to the now-vanished species of moderate Republican and…
I spent 3 days in by-election town - Andy Burnham should be quaking in his boots
The retired seamstress and widow, who lost her husband Peter five years ago, said: 'It's a nice community round here and a proper Labour heartland really. But it doesn't feel like that now. 'People cannot get council houses but migrants coming into…
Family of coopers keeping the artisan trade of making barrels alive
A family-run cooperage in Tasmania's northern midlands is determined to keep its artisan trade alive. Tightened consumer spending has led to a decline in whisky sales. New entrants on the Tasmanian whisky scene are forging ahead with large-scale…
Green jobs cannot fix South Africa's unemployment problem
By Kate Bartlett / Reuters, JOHANNESBURG South Africa cannot create nearly enough green jobs to make up for the many thousands it would lose as it closes polluting coal mines and power stations, experts said, adding to the country's burden of…
Women voting with their feet: This One Nation shift shouldn't shock us
You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. She leads when she leaves. Women have been leaving the major parties and now, according to Resolve polling conducted for this masthead, Pauline…
An Emerging Market Crisis In Oil-Poor Asia?
Reliable availability of cheap energy is, as the Iran war highlights, essential to modern economies and societies, at least for the foreseeable future. Shocks divide the world into the oil haves and oil have-nots. Alongside higher energy prices…
Colombia's presidential runoff could impact the future of the Amazon rainforest and fossil fuels
The upcoming Colombian presidential election between Sen. Iván Cepeda, an ally of President Gustavo Petro, and lawyer Abelardo de la Espriella, whom U.S. President Donald Trump has endorsed, is shaping up as a stark choice that could impact…
Why oil didn't hit $200 despite the biggest supply shock in history
Dubai: Despite the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz for more than three months — cutting over 10 million barrels per day of Middle East oil supplies — prices did not surge as expected. Oil remained below $130 per barrel, far…
West Asia conflict: Spot market gas purchases by power plants jump over 300%
4 min read New Delhi Make us preferred source on Google With Iran war hitting the imports under long-term contracts, gas-based power generators in India have sharply jacked up natural gas purchases from the spot-market this summer to fill the void.
US attorney opens investigations into California's elections, sends prosecutor to LA vote center
The U.S. attorney's office in Los Angeles said Friday it had opened “multiple election fraud investigations” related to California's elections and sent a prosecutor to the county's vote-counting center. The developments came a day…
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