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India Taps Coal Plants to Make Room For More Solar in The Grid
India wants coal plants to invest in upgrades that would to allow them to work regularly at a lower capacity, creating space for a greater share of renewables in the power mix, according to people familiar with the matter. Under the plan…
30 policemen injured in stone pelting by villagers protesting coal mining
MORE THAN 30 policemen suffered injuries after villagers, protesting against coal mining by South Eastern Coalfields Limited (SECL), pelted the security cover provided to the mining team with stones in Chhattisgarh's Surguja district Wednesday…
Protest against coal mining turns violent in Chhattisgarh's Surguja, police personnel injured
At least two dozen police personnel were injured when violence broke out and stones were pelted by villagers protesting against mining in Chhattisgarh's Surguja on Wednesday (December 3, 2025). The villagers, residents of Parsodi Kala village, were…
Zambia's factories burn too much coal - how reusing hot water can cut energy use
Zambia wants to cut its national greenhouse gas emissions almost in half by 2030. But its 8th National Development Plan aims to transform the country into a “prosperous middle-income nation by 2030” through industrialisation. And…
Private Employers Cut Jobs in November, in Latest Sign of a Slowdown
Private employment fell last month, according to the payroll processing company ADP, the latest sign of weakness in the U.S. labor market. Companies cut 32,000 jobs in November, the third decline in four months, ADP said on Wednesday. Losses were…
17,420 Shares in Warrior Met Coal $HCC Acquired by XTX Topco Ltd
XTX Topco Ltd purchased a new stake in Warrior Met Coal (NYSE:HCC - Free Report) in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm purchased 17,420 shares of the company's stock…
Germany Faces a Growing Power Gap as Delays Hit New Gas Projects
Germany is heading toward a potential power shortfall of 10 to 24 gigawatts in 2030 during high-demand periods as it closes generation faster than it builds replacements — a gap analysts say has to be bridged. The system now risks a longer…
A China Jobs Fight Will Decide the Future of Energy
All jobs are equal, but some are more equal than others. We've seen that pattern play out in the fight over the future of energy in recent years. Some 30,000 people would have been employed by US clean power projects canceled in 2025 amid President…
All hopes rest on Katowice to deliver on climate pledge - Opinion
General view shows the opening session of the COP23 United Nations Climate Change Conference on Nov 6, 2017 in Bonn, western Germany. [Photo/VCG] On a staid note, that's how the UN Climate Change Conference ended in Bonn, Germany, over the weekend…
Waste plan at UK's largest opencast mine Ffos-y-Fran 'dangerous' - BBC News
Image source, Matthew Horwood/Getty Images Concerns have been raised over the safety of three large spoil tips set to be left above Merthyr Tydfil following the closure of the UK's last opencast coalmine. A geotechnical report prepared for the…
Montek Singh Ahluwalia & Utkarsh Patel write: A seven-point plan to scale up our climate ambition
First, we should set a higher target for reducing the emissions intensity of GDP. We will achieve the earlier target of reducing the emissions intensity of GDP in 2030 by 45 per cent compared to the 2005 level. The target for 2035 should aim to…
Watchdog flags 5 per cent fall in power prices amid renewables surge
Household electricity prices could fall 5 per cent over the next five years as an influx of renewable energy pushes down the cost of generating power, according to a top industry watchdog. In its second 10-year outlook on residential electricity…
Climate change is also a serious health crisis
By Maria Neira | China Daily | Updated: 2019-12-04 07:10 The climate crisis is also a health crisis. The same emissions that cause global warming are also largely responsible for polluting the air we breathe, causing heart diseases, stroke, lung…
Bonn offers scant relief from climate change - Opinion
Not much was expected to come out of the UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn, Germany, after US President Donald Trump pulled out of the Paris Agreement. And not much seems to have been achieved at the annual gathering of global climate…
Households face power price hike without urgent renewables push
, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Australian households will be hit with higher power prices over the next decade, officials warn, unless governments urgently speed…
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