Tag: Coal
Whitehaven deep coal mine plans officially dropped
Jason Arunn MurugesuBBC News, North East and CumbriaBBCFriends of the Earth environmental group said it was "delighted" by the newsPlans for the UK's [...]
Bitcoin mining using coal energy down 43% since 2011 — Report
The use of hydrocarbon fuels in mining Bitcoin has seen a sharp decline over the past 13 years, with the use of coal energy in mining dropping signifi [...]
Supreme Court Allows Biden Plan to Address Toxic Coal Ash
The court’s order was provisional, rejecting a request from a Kentucky electric utility to block the plan while an appeals court considers its challen [...]
America’s coal communities could help the U.S. triple nuclear power
A bulldozer moves coal that will be burned to generate electricity at the American Electric Power coal-fired power plant in Winfield, West Virginia.Lu [...]
Whitehaven coal mine plan quashed by High Court
BBCEnvironmental groups gathered outside the High Court in London ahead of the rulingPlans to build the UK's first deep coal mine in more than 30 year [...]
Alliance Resource Jumps 5% After Coal Miner Says it Mines Bitcoin With Spare Electricity
“In the second half of 2020, we started mining bitcoin as a pilot project to monetize the already paid-for yet underutilized electricity load at our R [...]
Miners’ strike: Coal towns falling further behind – charity
"This includes our £1.1bn Long-Term Plan for Towns so local people are empowered to steer their town's regeneration over the next 10 years. Through th [...]
Greens erupt as oil, gas and coal ‘phaseout’ is dropped from proposed COP28 climate deal
Meanwhile, as ministers and their staff gathered in the plenary at the Expo City campus on the outskirts of Dubai, protesters stood outside chanting: [...]
West Virginia bets on hydrogen in gamble to save coal plant
West Virginia leaders eager to save Pleasants Power Station, a top buyer of the state’s coal, include Republican Gov. Jim Justice and Democratic Sena [...]
Ministers to block plans to ban new coal mines
Measures to allow community projects to sell electricity directly to local homes are also set to be dropped.
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At G7 Summit, Leaders Wrangle on Coal, Natural Gas and Climate
In theory, the world’s largest industrialized democracies have agreed to stop using fossil fuels within a little over a quarter-century and to switch [...]
Coal mine: Legal action mooted over Ffos-y-Fran ongoing opencast mining
Coal digging at the UK's largest opencast mine, near Merthyr Tydfil, was due to stop last September.
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Whitehaven coal mine legal challenge rejected
Environmental campaigners lose their bid to have government backing for the Whitehaven mine quashed.
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Fears Whitehaven Harbour orange water linked to coal mine work
Radiation Free Lakeland is against plans for a new deep mine, which were approved in December.
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China’s Global Times: “Chinese companies resume Australian coal imports”
China's state tabloid the Global Times:Chinese steel companies have recently started resuming coal imports from Australia, as part of efforts to diver [...]