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China builds world's first 'coal battery' with zero emission
Chinese scientists have developed a method to generate electricity and achieve higher energy efficiency than conventional burning, while producing zero carbon dioxide emissions, by placing coal inside a “battery”. “Coal-fired…
Getting Raked Over the Coals
In an artful move that has wrongfooted its critics, the NPP government would seem to have orchestrated the resignation of Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody and Ministry Secretary Udayanga Hemapala, while simultaneously appointing a Special…
CIL plans 10-year roadmap to slash 243 MT coal imports
State-owned Coal India Ltd is planning a comprehensive 10-year roadmap to slash the current 243 MT coal import volume through ramped-up domestic production, coal quality upgrades, and logistics cost parity. The proposed roadmap targeting coal…
Renewables rising, Part 2: Seeking stability amid volatile fossil fuel markets
Unlike oil and gas, which expose countries to price spikes and geopolitical risk, renewables offer stable, domestically produced power that can strengthen energy security, cut emissions of harmful greenhouse gases and support long-term growth. In…
How the General Strike of 1926 turned Britain into a battleground for 2m workers
On 4 May 1926 the British people woke to a strange quiet. Trains, trams, and buses remained in their depots. The great factory chimneys that usually belched smoke into the air above the nation's industrial towns were idle. The general strike had…
Fossil Fuel Phaseout Talks Begin With Half The Global Economy
Press Conference, Official Opening of the First Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels For years, fossil fuel phaseout has been treated as politically impossible unless every major producer agreed at once. Santa Marta is testing a…
Opinion | Trump's oil crisis is accelerating the end of the fossil fuel era
US President Donald Trump is a long-time climate denier and oil industry ally, who sums up his own energy policy as “drill, baby, drill”. Yet he is doing more than almost anyone to speed up the global shift from fossil fuels to clean…
5 of the Coldest Places People Actually Live
The actual coldest place in the world is believed to be a ridge called Dome Fuji in the East Antarctic Plateau, which, according to satellite data, reached -92.3°C in 2010. This broke a previous record held by Antarctica's Vostok Research…
A reprieve for reliable energy?
The Sierra Club threw a fake “retirement party” for the Ray Nixon power plant in Colorado Springs a few weeks back. The media stunt came complete with balloons, signs, retirement cards and speeches. But maybe it's the Sierra-Clubbers…
Planned glampsite renews longstanding Canmore, Alta. concerns on growth pressures
It sits on top of the signature coal mine that made the Town of Canmore. But it's the focus of a glamour-camping fight in a Rocky Mountain community trying to balance quality of life with the driver of its new economy – tourism. John (Jay)…
Planned glampsite renews longstanding Canmore concerns on growth pressures
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Vistra Corp. (VST) - Among the 10 Best Nuclear Energy Stocks to Buy for Dividends
Vistra Corp. (NYSE: VST) is included among the 10 Best Nuclear Energy Stocks to Buy for Dividends. Vistra Corp. (NYSE:VST) is one of the largest competitive power generators in the United States. The company operates a power generation fleet of…
NRC Renews License for Duke Energy's Robinson Nuclear Plant
Duke Energy Corporation (NYSE: DUK) is included among the 10 Best Nuclear Energy Stocks to Buy for Dividends. Photo by Frédéric Paulussen on Unsplash Duke Energy Corporation (NYSE:DUK) engages in the distribution of natural gas and…
The great energy pivot: US oil and Chinese solar are the winners in Trump's war on Iran
In the open seas, an armada of empty tankers has quietly turned west. A record number of super-sized vessels are now heading to the US, where oil drillers and refineries are preparing to profit from Donald Trump's war in the Middle East. Almost 30…
Impala, London W1: 'Shamelessly, brilliantly too much' - restaurant review | Grace Dent on restaurants
Late last month, Impala drove into Soho already flaming hot in the hype stakes: this was a sizzling booking to brag about even before executive chef and co-founder Meedu Saad had turned on the stoves. Impala, after all, is a Super 8 restaurant, the…
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