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Coal plants step up as historic winter storm pushes US power grid to the brink
Fox Business

The winter storm has caused hundreds of thousands of power outages, though the electric grid has remained stable in part due to coal power plants ...

The Cold Snap Heats Up the Debate Over Coal vs. Wind - Barron's
Barron's

Wright's department had already ordered several coal plants that were set to close to keep operating. So far, power outages from Winter Storm Fern ...

Turning mine waste into a solution | E-News | West Virginia University
WVU E-News - West Virginia University

Alan Collins writes for The Conversation with a colleague about the potential benefits of rare earth elements found in acid mine drainage.

WV Senate passes bill to protect fossil fuel minerals from underground CO2 storage
Charleston Gazette

... coal industry. SB 15 passed through Rose's committee and on the Senate floor with almost no discussion. Speaking last year as government affairs ...

US government to invest $1.6bn in mining company - The National News
The National News

... A worker holds crushed ore at the MP Materials ... Netflix's first Arabic original sequel is Top 10 hit in 21 countries.

Jim Ross: Arctic chill shows coal still needed for time being (Opinion) - herald-dispatch.com
herald-dispatch.com

PJM Interconnection, the grid operator for a 13-state region that includes all of West Virginia and Ohio and part of Kentucky, said electricity demand ...

Exxon begins commercial CCS project with CF industries in Louisiana | Reuters
Reuters

Exxon Mobil said on Monday it has begun its commercial operation of carbon capture and storage, or CCS, with ammonia producer CF Industries in ...

Russia produced 32 Mt of LNG and 440 Mt of coal in 2025 | Enerdata
Enerdata

He noted that the country's coal industry continues to demonstrate resilience. In 2025, the government introduced a support program for coal ...

Three quarters of Australia's coal plants will close by 2035, even as governments step in ...
Renew Economy

The coal industry remains heavily subsidised – despite claims by the fossil fuel industry that it is not. The Queensland government has pledged ...

India, China cut electricity emissions, mitigating US coal overdrive | WKZO | Everything Kalamazoo
WKZO

... coal use in the U.S. and capping global growth in pollutants ‍linked to climate change. Power sector emissions by China and India, the world's top ...

Coal plant to continue operating past decommission date | FOX21 News Colorado
FOX21 News Colorado

(PUEBLO, Colo.) — State regulators voted on Jan. 21 to allow Xcel Energy to generate more electricity at the Comanche 2 coal unit in Pueblo, ...

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