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Seaham coal mine heat network goes live
A mine water heating system which will eventually supply hundreds of homes has gone live. The ultra-low carbon district heat network now supplies heat to about 50 properties in the Seaham Garden Village development. The scheme will eventually…
Calm down: High Court's coal mine judges are no climate activists
Both sides of the climate change divide need to calm down. Today's High Court decision on the Mount Pleasant coal mine is symbolically important, yes, the first time the nation's top court has properly weighed in on climate change. But this isn't…
Exporting coal, owning the damage: a legal reckoning arrives for Australian mining
The decision by the High Court that NSW coal mines must account for the emissions caused by the product when burnt overseas is “a game changer” for coal production across the country, says Professor Jacqueline Peel, an international…
Landmark ruling blocks coal mine, sets new environmental benchmark
The High Court has upheld a challenge to the extension of a major coal mine on grounds that NSW authorities failed to consider the project's so-called scope 3 emissions, in a landmark ruling that could make broad environmental concerns a key…
Climate champion Australia digging more coal
The Strait of Hormuz closure has forced Asian countries to buy more coal as an alternative to disrupted gas supplies, analysts and miners said. Instead of falling, as predicted by the International Energy Agency in December, global coal demand will…
Australia top court rules against coal mine expansion, citing climate harm
Australia's highest court has ruled against the expansion of a major coal mine, finding that planning authorities had failed to ensure that emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases would be “minimised to the greatest extent…
Antique bishop calls for coal transition on Semirara Island
A Catholic bishop in Antique province has called for a government-backed transition away from coal on Semirara Island as its mining contract nears expiration in 2027. Bishop Marvyn Maceda of San Jose de Antique said the transition should protect…
Australia's top court backs grassroots group in landmark climate case on coal mine
SYDNEY/PERTH – An Australian community group has won the first climate change case to come before the country's top court, with judges upholding a decision to block a two-decade extension of a coal mine in the state of New South Wales. MACH…
Growing Impact' explores the role coal could play in difficult-to-recycle plastics
A new approach to plastic recycling being explored at Penn State could make the process more efficient by using tiny particles of coal, according to researchers. On the latest episode of 'Growing Impact,' researchers discussed how the technique…
Australia's top court rules against coal mine in landmark climate case
An Australian community group has won the first climate change case to come before the country's top court, with judges upholding a decision to block a two-decade extension of a coal mine in New South Wales. MACH Energy had sought to extend the…
'Growing Impact' explores role coal could play in difficult-to-recycle plastics | Penn State University
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A new approach to plastic recycling being explored at Penn State could make the process more efficient by using tiny particles of coal, according to researchers. On the latest episode of “Growing Impact,”…
Facing supply shortage, NTPC to procure 10 MT coal from private sector in H2 FY27
State-run NTPC is expected to buy as much as 10 million tonnes (MT) of coal from private sector miners in H2 FY27 as it faces a supply crunch due to higher coal burn. Sources said that the country's largest power generator faces some supply…
Poland's 'solidarity' push for EU energy resilience in face of Russian aggression
Two miles off the coast of Gdańsk, the white steel piles of Poland's first offshore gas terminal rise from the slate-grey Baltic. Installed at a height eight metres above the waves, the floating cranes and construction vessels here are on the…
CNBC Daily Open: AI rally defies bond market rout
The S&P 500 closes above 7,800 for the first time. The gains are driven almost entirely by AI-related stocks. Minutes from the Federal Reserve will shed light on the September decision to hike rates. India raises interest rates for the first time…
Blame vague climate laws for High Court rewriting them
When parliaments write and pass vague laws, they should not be surprised when judges make up their own minds about what those laws mean. That is the real lesson from Wednesday's High Court decision concerning the Mount Pleasant coal mine in the…
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