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- China Wants More Coal Tue, 22 Sep 26, 7:00pmChina’s 15th Five-Year Plan (2026–2030) and later targets have called for, among other measures, the creation of around 100 million tonnes/year of coal production-capacity reserve (production+net imports-consumption)...
- ‘Do you have to be dead?’: US coalminers plead for benefits as black-lung disease cases surge Sun, 20 Sep 26, 9:00pmTrump says he digs coal – but pneumoconiosis cases are at a 50-year high, and sick miners are mired in benefit delays
- US ends limits on coal and gas plant emissions, removing key tool to fight climate crisis Tue, 15 Sep 26, 7:17amTrump’s EPA strips itself of regulating ability, gutting Clean Air Act in what experts say is a gift to planet polluters
- Queenslanders’ rights to oppose mining projects ‘gutted’ by new laws, activists say Wed, 16 Sep 26, 9:39amAs minister says process needs to be ‘streamlined’, Greens and Lock the Gate say the legislation is ‘corrupt’ and tears up environmental protections
- US ends limits on coal and gas plant emissions, removing key tool to battle climate crisis Tue, 15 Sep 26, 7:17amTrump’s EPA strips itself of regulation ability, gutting Clean Air Act in what experts say is a gift to planet polluters
- Trump’s EPA reportedly poised to axe carbon pollution rules for power plants Tue, 15 Sep 26, 12:34amAdvocates and experts describe the Trump administration’s climate rollbacks as gifts to polluters at expense of planet
- We know how to prevent black lung, so why are workers still dying? Sat, 12 Sep 26, 9:00pmSilicosis sufferers are getting younger as Trump and the coal mining industry push back on protections
- Federal court rejects Trump order keeping Michigan coal plant open Sat, 12 Sep 26, 5:10amA federal court is declaring that the energy department exceeded its authority when it forced a Michigan power plant to stay open past its scheduled retirement date
- Energy future: Made in China by coal Wed, 9 Sep 26, 11:00pm...in China, 55% of power is produced by coal and the cost of household electricity is 8 cents per kWh. In the UK, coal’s percentage of electricity was 30% in 2010 but that has declined to less than 1%. Consequently, the...
- Big battery boom means fewer transmission lines will be needed Thu, 25 Jun 26, 1:02pmHome batteries hit 600,000 as households play big role in energy transition, but building transmission projects remains "critical", according to the latest AEMO energy plan.
- 'Worst' wind lull pushes green poster child South Australia to its power limits Sun, 28 Jun 26, 5:04amSouth Australia is at the bleeding edge of the energy transition but record low winds have pushed its grid to the brink of its limits.
- Batteries now cheaper than gas for peak demand power supply Wed, 15 Jul 26, 4:40amFalling battery costs and a data centre-fuelled dash for gas have overturned decades of accepted wisdom: gas is no longer the cheapest way to meet peak power demand.
- Australia’s new environmental protection agency approves coal project, angering climate groups Thu, 3 Sep 26, 12:23pmQueensland open-cut Saraji mine will be able to keep digging until 2055 as Anthony Albanese denies tensions with Pacific leaders over fossil fuels
- Can US and India Forge a ‘Big, Beautiful’ Energy Deal? Tue, 2 Jun 26, 11:00amA U.S.-India alliance would strike at the heart of the corrupt climate lobby. By trading massive quantities of fossil fuels, it would break a stranglehold on energy policy that climate alarmists have long sought to make permanent.
- Trump uses wartime powers to dole out $700m to ‘clean, beautiful’ coal Fri, 5 Jun 26, 6:22amUS president announces plans for two new coal plants, in Alaska and West Virginia, using Defense Production Act