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Coal Clash Pits Billionaire Against Canadian Country Music Star
Australia's richest woman wants to mine coal in the Rocky Mountains and one of Canada's most famous country music singers has built a coalition of ranchers, fishermen and environmentalists to stop the project. A unit of billionaire Gina Rinehart's…
Chinese Region Promotes Coal Chemicals as Energy Security Fix
One of China's top coal-producing regions plans to expand use of the feedstock to manufacture chemicals, even as the practice poses a rising threat to the country's climate goals. The Iran War has boosted the coal-to-chemicals industry's economics…
Solar generates more energy than coal in US for 1st time: Report
The amount of solar power generated in the U.S. is continuing to grow despite efforts from the Trump administration to slow down the renewable energy sector, according to two reports released this week. The U.S. has generated more power from solar…
Laura Ashley Lives Again With an Archive Sale at Beyond Retro in London's Coal Drops Yard
PERIOD DRAMA: A selection of Laura Ashley archival designs from the 1980s through the 2010s has landed — ruffles, ditsy prints and all — at Beyond Retro's Coal Drops Yard store in London as part of the brand's “100 Years of an…
FedEx Stock: The Canary In The Coal Mine Is Giving Mixed Signals (NYSE:FDX)
FedEx strong performance over the past year has been at odds with certain long-term drivers for the stock. Based on historical relationships the odds of FDX delivering negative returns over the next year are quite high. The seemingly attractive…
Coal gasification a major business opportunity; India ready to enter 'coal gasification decade': G Kishan Reddy
India is ready to enter its 'coal gasification decade' and industry players must view coal gasification as a major business opportunity that can support the country's fertiliser, chemical, steel and energy sectors while reducing import dependence…
Solar generated more power than coal in the US for the first time ever
At the same time that the Trump administration is pushing further toward coal power, announcing plans only last week to invest almost $700 million into reviving the industry, a key renewable energy source has just hit a major milestone in the US.
Why Students Are Rejecting Silicon Valley's Vision Of The Future
Graduates at a recent University of Arizona commencement loudly boo ex-CEO of Google, Eric Schmidt (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) A curious thing happened at the University of Arizona's commencement ceremony. The speaker was former Google CEO…
A dirty move for a dirty fuel | Letter
Three hundred thirty United States coal plants have, thankfully, closed, with more to come. Mainers should celebrate that, as pollution from burning coal has worsened lung diseases here for decades. But using a law called the Defense Production…
What new mothers can teach us about the future of work
If you want to know whether a workplace is built for the future, don't ask the CEO. Ask the woman sprinting to daycare pickup at 5 pm. For the past several years we've approached new mothers as workers who need support. Flex schedules. Rooms to…
Energy & Utilities Roundup: Market Talk
The latest Market Talks covering Energy and Utilities. Published exclusively on Dow Jones Newswires at 4:20 ET, 12:20 ET and 16:50 ET. 0552 GMT – India's power sector is likely undergoing dual-track evolution, Macquarie Equity Research's…
Indonesia Says Export Agency Will Focus on Price, Not Trading
Indonesia's commodity export agency will focus on monitoring the price of key raw-material exports instead of intervening in trade, according to a senior official, in an apparent effort to ease industry concerns over a radical natural-resource…
NITI Aayog meet: Jharkhand seeks ₹1.36 lakh crore dues, pushes for manufacturing industries
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has urged the Centre to release pending dues of ₹1.36 lakh crore from coal companies and central public sector undertakings against coal mining in the state. He also requested the Union government to…
Polls last week suggest 'low and declining appetite for separation in Alberta'
A public opinion survey published last Friday by the Ipsos polling firm suggests that support for separation from Canada is both limited and decreasing in Alberta, a trend that I'm betting will grow more evident as Albertans start paying attention…
COP31 hosts urged to 'lead by example' on fossil fuels
Turkey is staging the UN climate talks in November but Australia will oversee the formal negotiations, in an unusual arrangement reached after both countries bid to host the conference. The summit is taking shape as war in the Middle East drives up…
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