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Prabowo tightens state grip on palm oil, coal amid monopolistic fears
Indonesia will require exports of key commodities to pass through a state-appointed enterprise in a sweeping effort to curb revenue leaks, tighten oversight of natural resources and keep more foreign exchange earnings at home. The policy, announced…
Several States Contest Federal Orders Keeping Coal-Fired Power Plants Open
Authored by John Haughey via The Epoch Times (emphasis ours), A three-judge federal appeals panel is expected to issue a decision by year's end on a lawsuit challenging Energy Secretary Chris Wright's May 2025 emergency order that prevented a…
Japan Bond Market Regaining Status as Economic Canary in Coal Mine, Survey Suggests
TOKYO—The Japanese government bond market is likely on a path to reprising its traditional role as an early warning system for economic and inflation risks, a status it lost during its time under the near-total control of the central bank.
The world built more coal power in 2025, but used less
Coal is a key contributor to planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions, and phasing it out is crucial to taming climate change. The growing affordability and abundance of renewable energy means solar and wind power can now cover growing electricity…
Kim Kelly: Coal miners are dying, and Trump betrayed them
Since the 2016 presidential election, Donald Trump and his acolytes, right-wing media, and coal industry barons and lobbyists have obsessively painted the picture of Trump as a friend to coal miners and the so-called “undisputed champion of…
Indonesia's Prabowo announces export controls for coal, palm oil
Future sales of all natural resources -- starting with crude palm oil, coal and iron-containing alloys -- will go through state-owned enterprises appointed by the government, he told parliament. 'This means that the proceeds from every export sale…
Bord na Móna hands over former Suttons Coals site in Cork Docklands for housing development
The planned development of the former coal yard will add to the LDA's ongoing activity in Cork, where already close to 1,400 homes are either in planning or already under construction. The transfer of the Suttons Coals site to the agency follows…
DEP plan lacks air monitors near industrial sites as coal plant SO2 pollution rises
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection has released a draft of its latest annual air quality monitoring network plan — a document that has prompted significant criticism over what critics say has been its dearth of…
India's coal stock position comfortable as power demand hits new record
India's peak power demand this week has been breaking records, surpassing 265 GW on Wednesday, yet the country's coal stocks remain comfortable. Thermal power plants hold 51.98 million tonnes of reserves against a daily consumption of roughly 3.10…
From coal to solar: A stable jobs transition for Poland
The development of Poland 's solar market will allow for a constant level of employment to be maintained in the country over the next 15 years, according to new research. A research team from the AGH University of Krakow utilized data from the…
Four people in Shanxi Province placed under criminal coercive measures over suspected illegal mining damage to Ming Great Wall
Ming Dynasty Great Wall in Ningwu county damaged by illegal mining Photo: thepaper.cn Four people have been placed under criminal coercive measures on suspicion of illegal mining and damaging cultural relics, and the company involved has been…
How a remote patch of Gobi Desert became central to China's national security
As the war in Iran disrupts global oil and chemical supplies, China's coal-heavy energy sector is seizing an unprecedented opportunity. Dannie Peng visits the Changji Hui autonomous prefecture in Xinjiang – one of the country's four major…
Basic Materials Roundup: Market Talk
The latest Market Talks covering Basic Materials. Published exclusively on Dow Jones Newswires at 4:20 ET, 12:20 ET and 16:50 ET. 0015 GMT – Australia's New Hope could seek an acquisition to bolster its coal production, according to Bell…
Eva v Goliath: the 20-year-old climate activist taking on Trump and the fossil fuel industry
Eva Lighthiser was at a dorm party on her Colorado college campus last month when she had to call it an early night. “I said, ‘Hey, I've got to go to bed, I'm flying out to Portland tomorrow,' and then of course follow-up questions…
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