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Northumbria University leads Pakistan biofuel plant project
Academics at a UK university have secured funding to build Pakistan's first full-scale plant that converts agricultural waste into clean energy. Northumbria University's School of Engineering, Physics and Mathematics is leading the project called…
Northumbria University leads Pakistan biofuel plant project
Hannah Mitchell North East and Cumbria Academics at a UK university have secured funding to build Pakistan's first full-scale plant that converts agricultural waste into clean energy. Northumbria University's School of Engineering, Physics and…
Indicators 2026: Tracking NEPA environmental progress
WILKES-BARRE — A healthy environment is essential to a community's overall well-being. It supports not only physical and mental health, but also the stability of the local economy. In Northeast Pennsylvania, many environmental challenges…
Panel flags Meghalaya's sloth on mine closure policy
A panel constituted by the High Court of Meghalaya has flagged the State's lethargy in adopting a policy to close all rat-hole mine openings and fence those that pose danger to humans and livestock. In its 39th Interim Report submitted to the court…
Editorial: We have a suggestion for the AAA baseball team's new name
With the announcement that the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre minor league baseball RailRiders will be renamed, we humbly suggest this moniker option: The Coal Canaries. The people rebranding the Triple A franchise have not sought public input, in contrast…
Capitol Roundup: Pa. Senate hearing highlights strategies to prevent future electric bill spikes
WILKES-BARRE — Strategies to prevent future electric bill hikes across Northeast Pennsylvania were reviewed during a public hearing of the Senate Majority Policy Committee, chaired by Sen. Dave Argall, R-Pottsville, and Sen. Gene Yaw…
Renewables are slashing power prices but it may not last
Australia's rapid rollout of renewables and batteries has helped deliver a year of lower electricity prices, but top energy executives warn the grid remains precariously balanced while ageing coal-fired generators continue shutting down and the…
Here are the latest rainfall totals from the Chicago area
It has been a soggy week in the Chicago area, and there have been some truly eye-popping rainfall totals across the region. This week's persistent rain has led to more than six inches of precipitation in some locations, and areas to the south of…
An experiment for Albanese to watch: British PM's bid to stem working-class drift
You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Recently anointed UK Labour Prime Minister Andy Burnham has launched a controlled experiment in social democratic resistance against the…
Tomago demand offers hope for NSW's stuttering renewables rollout
The $2.5 billion taxpayer-backed deal to transition the Tomago aluminium smelter to clean energy has given fresh hope to proposed wind farms in NSW that have struggled to lock in customers, but not eliminated fears that coal plants may need to run…
Battery Storage Grew 66% In 2025. China Now Controls Nearly Half
The constructors adjust the storage battery container at the construction site of the 300MW/1200MWh independent energy storage project in GaoTai County, Zhangye City, Gansu Province, China, on January 15, 2026. (Photo by Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty…
From tourism to power generation and productivity, Europe feels economic cost of heatwaves
Across Europe this scorching summer, workers have struggled in the heat as wildfires raged and critical infrastructure was shut down. Here we look at the impact of the heatwaves on several major economies across mainland Europe – with the…
South Africa is overlooking solar technology that can keep generating electricity after sunset
South Africa's coal-fired power stations are retiring. The country must replace a huge amount of electricity over the next two decades. Currently, coal still supplies 74% of the country's power. But the government's national energy plan has largely…
Trump's 'forever' tariffs are kicking in for the long haul - and US consumers are footing the bill
Many business groups had hoped that the tariff wars would end in February, when the Supreme Court overturned Trump's emergency tariffs. They got a rude awakening five months later, however, when Trump announced a raft of new import taxes to replace…
JSW Mahanadi Power settles Raigarh Champa Rail dispute, NCLAT disposes of appeal
Insolvency appellate tribunal NCLAT has disposed of an appeal filed by JSW Mahanadi Power Company Ltd against Raigarh Champa Rail Infrastructure Pvt Ltd (RCRIPL) after the two parties reached an amicable settlement, with JSW Energy now controlling…
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