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India's coal imports turn steel-centric as metallurgical coal demand rises
India's coal import basket is becoming increasingly steel-centric, with imports of metallurgical coal rising sharply in FY2025-26 even as dependence on imported thermal coal declined, according to an MCX report. India imported around 244.2 million…
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…
NEPA Alliance holds event at Milazzo Industries
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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…
What is the latest Mining Amendment Act about? | Explained
The story so far: The Rajya Sabha on Wednesday (August 12, 2026) passed an amendment to the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, which, among other things, specifies that States do not levy any tax or cess on mineral, mineral…
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…
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…
The World Heritage Site that never was as Wedgwood Etruria Works demolished
I once took a party of Portuguese students on a history tour around ‘Wedgwood's Etruria'. It is such a great story that it transcends the language barrier, especially if you have – as I did – an interpreter around to offer…
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…
Royal estates rent out homes that fail to meet legal energy efficiency standards
More than 100 homes on the inherited royal estates of King Charles and Prince William fail to meet the legal minimum energy standards for landlords, the Guardian can reveal. An analysis of a large sample of domestic lets on the duchies of Lancaster…
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…
AP-Genco prioritises 24x7 power supply for agri farmers
Andhra Pradesh-Power Generation Corporation Limited (AP-Genco) Managing Director S. Nagalakshmi called upon officials, engineers, employees and staff of the power utilities to work collectively with dedication to further strengthen the State's…
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