Tag: Coal
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Eighteen Months After a Fatal Explosion, Alabama Rolls Back Its Commitment to Monitor Explosive Gases Above Coal Mines
OAK GROVE, Ala.—Alabama officials charged with protecting residents from surface impacts of underground coal mining…
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In Its New Carbon Plan, Duke Energy Gambles on Coal as a Shorter-Term Fix for Powering Data Centers
Duke Energy plans to burn coal for two to four years longer than previously estimated,…
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Citing ‘AI Arms Race,’ Trump Administration Announces Efforts to Rekindle US Coal Industry
The U.S. announced its intention to compete for a 21st-century technology using 19th-century energy on…
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Bureau of Land Management to Sell Off Federal Coal Reserve Leases in Wyoming
The Bureau of Land Management said Wednesday that it will offer up more than 3,500…
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‘Tip of the methane iceberg’: 130,000 coal boreholes must be audited after toxic leaks in Queensland, experts say | Mining
Conservationists have called for an audit of potentially thousands of methane-leaking coal boreholes in Queensland,…
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Coal Is Rising Along with Solar in the U.S. Power System, While Gas Loses a Step
Coal and utility-scale solar power each gained market share in the first half of this…
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China’s emissions fall but growing coal-to-chemicals sector raises concern China’s emissions fall but coal use threatens progress
While China’s planet-warming emissions keep falling, its growing use of coal to produce liquid fuels…
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Capped Alabama Coal Ash Pond Still Polluting Groundwater 7 Years After Closure, Lawsuit Claims
GADSDEN, Ala.—The coal ash lagoon at Alabama Power’s Plant Gadsden was supposed to be a…
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EPA Tries to Stop Closure of Colorado Coal Plants After Meeting With Colorado Springs Utilities
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency informed Colorado Wednesday that the state could not close coal-fired…
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Trump Move to Increase Coal Mining in the Powder River Basin Will Worsen Climate Change, Experts Warn
The Trump administration—ignoring decades of climate science and downward economic trends—has begun the process of…