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China has kept its promise to stop funding overseas coal, but loopholes are helping coal expand
Addressing the U.N. General Assembly in 2021, Chinese President Xi Jinping pledged to stop funding overseas coal power plants in an effort to help curb climate change. Five years later, as the assembly meets this week, the world's climate…
China has kept its promise to stop funding overseas coal, but loopholes are helping coal expand
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China Agrees to Buy 20 Million Tons of U.S. Coal
China has agreed to purchase at least 10 million metric tons of U.S. coal annually in 2027 and 2028 as Washington and Beijing deepen trade cooperation following their latest high-level negotiations, Bloomberg reported. The commitment, totaling at…
Govt orders captive coal plants to maximise power output on surging demand
India has ordered more than 100 captive coal -fired power plants to operate at maximum capacity from October 1 through year-end to meet what it expects will be a rise in electricity demand. * The federal power…
DTE to build natural gas plants, boost nuclear power, end coal use by 2032
DTE's new long-term energy plan includes cutting coal production while boosting renewable power. It will completely cut its coal power by 2032, which includes ending production at its Monroe Power Plant. It is also proposing two new natural gas…
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Filmmaker to stage casting call in Coal City for mystery thriller
An open casting call unlocks doors into the world of moviemaking Sunday through Tuesday at the Coal City Public Library. A mystery thriller will be filmed in Grundy County, led by writer-director Cody McLeod Rogers, a Coal City High School graduate…
Trade truce aside, was AI the real Xi-Trump summit breakthrough?
The Xi-Trump summit may prove more significant for stabilising relations and opening space for further negotiations between the world's two largest economies than for its immediate trade outcomes, analysts said, pointing to the significance of a…
Is solar's growth finally slowing in the US?
Normally, we try to update you quarterly on what's going on with the US electric grid since it provides a nice view of developing trends and smooths out some month-to-month randomness. Unfortunately, I was out of the office when last month's data…
Trump dismantled U.S. climate policy. But his war is cutting emissions.
President Donald Trump dismisses climate change as a hoax. He calls federal policies aimed at curbing it a wasteful “Green New Scam.” His administration has worked furiously to gut such policies and unleash unbridled consumption of…
Mining statue unveiled at former Tinsley Towers site
A statue honouring Yorkshire's mining heritage has been unveiled on the former site of Sheffield's famous Tinsley Towers. The Waiting Miner sculpture is a replica of an original work by Harry Phillips. It spent most of its life at E.ON's…
Centre invokes emergency mechanism amid surging power demand, directs captive plants to run at full capacity
Amid rising power demand, the Centre on Friday invoked emergency mechanisms to issue directions to about 112 captive coal-fired power plants to operate at maximum capacity from October 1 till December 31. The country is witnessing an unusual surge…
A Markham Mailbox and a Spoofed Construction Firm: How a B.C. Coal Terminal Traced an Alleged $6.2 Million Fraud Into an Apparent Chinese Money Laundering Network Spanning Canada's Biggest Banks
VANCOUVER — For weeks this winter, the company that operates a coal terminal in the Port of Vancouver believed it was paying millions to the contractor building its new potash export facility. Like many elderly victims across North America…
Unions rejecting the UP-NS merger are rejecting their own members' job security
Some unions have already taken advantage of this deal, such as the National Conference of Firemen and Oilers, the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen, the Boilermakers, the United Supervisors Council of America, the American Train Dispatchers…
Former VP Al Gore: A clean Earth is within world's grasp even as climate dangers accelerate
Longtime climate warrior Al Gore sees victory within Earth 's grasp. But he worries that it could still slip through humanity's fingers. “While we're in grave danger, but I think there is a possibility that 2026 will be looked back upon in…
Trump Perfected His Favorite New Legal Pretext in Environmental Cases
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