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Global thermal coal exports and power use to hit new highs in 2024: Maguire | Reuters
Reuters

Global exports and use of thermal coal will reach all-time highs in 2024, despite the record roll-out of renewable energy generation capacity ...

In a shift, Biden to bar most fossil fuel financing overseas - E&E News by POLITICO
E&E News

The move at an international meeting Tuesday would be a course-shift before President-elect Donald Trump takes power.

UK Coal Mine Planning Consent Quashed | Jones Day - JDSupra
JD Supra

In December 2022, planning permission was granted by the secretary of state for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities ("SoS") to extract coal from ...

Coal backers, foes clash at EPA hearings | News | state-journal.com
The State Journal

Hundreds of coal miners took part in a demonstration Tuesday in Frankfort, claiming that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's hold on 36 ...

Stop The 'Green Hallucinationists' Plan To Close All 200 Coal Power Plants – OpEd
Eurasia Review

... coal miners of the good old USofA! There is a new sheriff in town, especially DC town and the American Coal industry is proud to help wear that ...

ANZ, NAB and Westpac still have no clear plan to stop financing fossil fuel expansion
Market Forces

... coal miners, fossil fuel power generators, and companies building infrastructure to unlock new fossil fuel supply; – Require these transition ...

Clean coal tech required in energy transition - PressReader.com
PressReader.com

The organisation's research could enable coal miners to diversify their operations and participate in the provision of other minerals including ...

JAPANESE EXPERTS VISIT COAL MINES IN INDONESIA | Journal of Commerce
Journal of Commerce

The page is only available to subscribers and 30-day ...

Randy Smith, coal miner turned politician, nominated as next WV Senate president
Charleston Gazette

In the West Virginia legislative interims held at the state Capitol in Charleston on Dec. 9, 2024, state Sen. Randy Smith, R-Tucker, was nominated ...

MSHA final rule amends testing and approval for electric motorized mine equipment
Safety+Health Magazine

A Mine Safety and Health Administration final rule “offers more flexibility” for testing, evaluating and approving mine equipment and accessories ...

MSHA Finds 286 Violations During October 2024 Impact Inspections
Occupational Health & Safety

The Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) completed a series of targeted inspections at 15 mines in October 2024. Overall, the agency found ...

Investigators release findings in West Virginia miner's death - WCHS
WCHS

... Mine Safety and Health Administration. The incident was reported on Sept. 6 at Mountaineer II Mine near Sharples, officials said. Comment bubble.

Biden Takes Parting Shot At American Coal Producers
American Energy Alliance

The Powder River Basin, located in northeast Wyoming and parts of southeast Montana, is the largest coal mining area in the country. It produces ...

Coal's future: New report charts path to sustainability
World Coal

FutureCoals latest report Roadmap for a Sustainable Coal Value Chain highlights how advanced coal technologies can reduce emissions while ...

Scientists find huge trove of rare metals needed for clean energy hidden inside toxic coal waste
Local 3 News

Researchers find that coal ash from power plants in the US contains valuable rare earth elements that could help meet the increasing demand for ...

Coal ash could be a source of rare earth elements - Tortoise Media
Tortoise Media

Last April the Biden administration announced a $17 billion investment into coal waste projects. But the outstanding issue is cost: expensive acids ...

Pennsylvania's largest coal plant likely to get new life as natural gas plant
Power Engineering

View of the former Homer City Generating Station in Pennsylvania (Source: NRG Energy). The Homer City Generating Station, Pennsylvania's largest coal ...

11 U.S. States Sue Major Investment Firms Claiming 'Collusion' to Suppress Coal Production
The Energy Mix

A group of U.S. states are suing three major investment companies in a Texas court for allegedly colluding to use their market power to suppress coal ...

'Colossal back-tracking' on thermal coal export end date: environmental advocate
National Observer

On Dec. 6, the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada (IAAC) decided Coalspur's Vista Coal mine expansion in west-central Alberta will not be subject ...

A Carbon Capture Project Faces a New Delay in a Year of Slow Progress for Coal Power ...
Inside Climate News

Project Tundra, a plan to retrofit a North Dakota coal plant with carbon capture technology, has hit a snag following the departure of the lead ...

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