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Coal-fired power needed to bolster $32bn Qld data centre, Nationals MP says
Nationals MP David Littleproud has called for the duplication of a 750MW coal-fired power station to underpin the energy requirements of a proposed $32bn data centre. AI giant Anthropic has signed a deal to use part of the data centre which is…
Environmental advocates ask Sask. Court of Appeal to review coal decision
A non-profit environmental group had its concerns regarding the Saskatchewan government's decision to extend coal-fired power plants heard by the province's highest court Tuesday. The Saskatchewan Environmental Society (SES) is asking the court to…
Belarus Releases 25 Prisoners After Lukashenko's Latest Talks With US Envoy Coale
US special envoy John Coale announced that 25 people were released from Belarusian prisons in exchange for the lifting of US sanctions on two Belarusian companies following talks with the country's longtime authoritarian leader, Aleksandr…
Coal Ministry to launch 16th round of commercial mine auctions on Thursday
The Coal Ministry will launch the 16th Round of commercial mine auctions on Thursday with the Minister of State Satish Chandra Dubey scheduled to launch the event. Over the past six years, across 15 completed rounds, 147 coal mines have been…
Feds Nix Carbon Emissions Standards for Coal- and Gas-Fired Power Plants
The final rule revokes the 2024 carbon pollution standards for power plants established during the Biden administration. EPA says that removing the 2024 standards will save $310 billion in utility compliance costs, and rescinding all carbon…
Helping bring the world's first large-scale, near-zero emissions steel plant online
We're partnering with Stegra to help bring the world's first large-scale, green hydrogen-based, near-zero emissions steel plant online. The steel is designed to meet the International Energy Agency's (IEA) definition for near-zero emissions steel…
With EPA's latest move, Trump topples the last pillar of Biden's climate legacy
Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Coal is by far the dirtiest of the world's major energy sources. It accounts for almost half of the cumulative global carbon…
AI panic is the new climate hysteria - and it's handing the future to China
The predictable result is rash, ineffective, and counterproductive reactions, even if the underlying concerns are valid. This happens in part because crisis sells, and attention-seeking media and pundits pounce. Definitive-sounding…
Trump EPA's arguments for letting power plants spew unlimited pollution 'dead wrong'
In allowing US power plants to emit any amount of planet-heating pollution they wish to, the Trump administration made two striking claims – that this will cut Americans' electricity bills and that the pollution itself doesn't really matter…
AI in the Rust Belt: Pennsylvania hub rises in the age of data center anxiety
We were all working-class kids. Our fathers were firefighters, cops, steelworkers, and mechanical engineers. When Burrows took us there, he told us we could be anyone who worked there: a welder, electrician, engineer, chemist, plumber, or…
Belarus frees 25 more prisoners in return for easing of U.S. sanctions
Belarus has agreed to free 25 prisoners in return for a further easing of U.S. sanctions, an envoy for President Donald Trump said on Wednesday. The deal was part of lengthy negotiations in which Washington is urging Belarusian President Alexander…
What Backlash? Greek Mining Region Pins Revival Hopes on a Data Center
The central square in Kozani has what you'd probably expect from a small Greek city. There's an Orthodox church, the mayor's office and a crop of tavernas and cafes. There's little to suggest it lies at the heart of a transition that the country…
Belarus frees 25 prisoners in exchange for US lifting some sanctions
Belarusian authorities have agreed to release 25 prisoners following a deal that sees the United States remove sanctions against two Belarusian firms, according to Washington's special envoy. John Coale, President Donald Trump's special envoy for…
EDITORIAL: Power down regulations to power up debate
A major change by the Trump administration will reduce future power prices around the country. Unfortunately, it took a unilateral act of the executive branch rather than an act of Congress. On Monday, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced…
Victoria's power on the line as data centres boom
The road into the Golden Plains Wind Farm is like any other surrounding the tiny Rokewood township in Victoria's south-west — until you reach the turbines. More than 200 stretch towards the clouds across 16,000 hectares of farmland, like a…
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