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- Activists fear long term shift to coal, as Italy, Germany talk of keeping coal plants open for years now… 7 hours agoImage by Semevent from Pixabay By Jo Nova The trend is spreading. Coal, the stranded asset of a bygone era, is hot property again everywhere. All it took was a few weeks of an energy crisis, and decades of brainwashing against...
- Japan, Korea, India, Europe, suddenly turn to coal to save them from the Iranian energy crisis Sat, 28 Mar 26, 2:02am… by Jo Nova The Iranian oil and gas crisis is causing a sudden realignment of national energy policy with reality. Spare a thought for the poor Ecoworriers who are hoping the Straits of Hormuz will finally be The Springboard...
- Wow! China turns a massive 380 million tons of coal into gas, petrol, plastics and fertilizer Fri, 27 Mar 26, 2:28amPhoto by Petar Milošević By Jo Nova Coal, it turns out, is an infinite chemical wellspring, being converted into everything from plastic, to diesel, jet fuel, gas, methanol and fertilizer...
- How to solve the Australian Fuel Crisis — we could be self sufficent Fri, 20 Mar 26, 6:32amBy Jo Nova Foreign readers may not be aware of the bunfight for petrol and especially diesel fuel in Australia. Three weeks in, and the energy and exporting giant of coal and gas is unraveling at the seams. Regional towns...
- Coal Needs Boots on the Ground Wed, 18 Mar 26, 12:00pmOver the last two decades, the coal industry has ceded much of the battlefield to its opponents and even now seems somewhat complacent about its future...
- Most US coal plants could meet air pollution rules. Trump weakened them anyway Fri, 27 Feb 26, 11:30pmEPA found only 27 of 219 plants needed upgrades; 71 later got exemptions as Donald Trump scrapped mercury limits
- India Builds a Fossil Future One Coal Plant at a Time Sun, 22 Feb 26, 1:00pmThe “Fossil Future” is being built by India one coal plant at a time, along with myriad contracts for oil and natural gas development.
- Trump’s EPA to roll back rule limiting hazardous mercury from coal plants Sat, 21 Feb 26, 4:01amEnvironmental groups warn that weakening air toxics and mercury standards will lead to higher health-related costs
- China goes gangbusters building 52 big coal plants in 2025 Fri, 20 Feb 26, 6:13amShuozhou coal power plant. by Kleineolive By Jo Nova It’s almost like China doesn’t give a toss about climate change, eh? Just quietly, while everyone was gushing tears over a two year extension to a fifty year...
- Qld coalmine expansion approved by Albanese government will clear habitat and fuel climate crisis, scientists say Fri, 13 Feb 26, 4:03pmConservationists estimate coal exported from expanded mine to release CO2 equivalent of about half Australia’s annual carbon footprint
- Trump named ‘undisputed champion of beautiful clean coal’ by industry group Fri, 13 Feb 26, 3:36amAward was presented as president directed Pentagon to buy billions of dollars’ worth of energy from coal plants
- Australia’s long, complicated energy transition is finally working – and not a moment too soon | Tony Wood for the Conversation Wed, 4 Feb 26, 11:23amRenewables and energy storage contributed more than 50% of supplied electricity last quarter as real progress is being made – but it’s not yet job done
- Battery demand 'straps on a rocket' as rooftop solar passes its peak Wed, 4 Feb 26, 12:29amEven as Australia appears to have passed the peak of solar uptake, demand for batteries is seemingly headed into orbit.
- ‘It’s sick’: Trump administration uses mascot called ‘Coalie’ to push dirtiest fossil fuel Wed, 4 Feb 26, 3:36amCartoon lump of coal with giant eyes was spotlighted by US interior secretary in X post saying: ‘Mine, Baby, Mine!’
- Subsidies the fuel as household battery demand 'straps on a rocket' Wed, 4 Feb 26, 12:29amEven as Australia appears to have passed the peak of solar uptake, demand for batteries is seemingly headed into orbit.