The fossil fuel era is coming to an end, but the lawsuits are just beginning
"Coal is dead."
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Dec 19, 2018
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News tagged with coal mines
Sinking Greek village highlights nation's addiction to coal
If earthquakes struck in slow motion, the results might be visible in a place like the Greek village of Anargyri, a hardscrabble enclave in a black landscape gutted by coal mining.
Environment
Dec 19, 2018
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End of an era as Germany's last black coal mine closes
Germany will close its last black coal mine on Friday, turning the page on two centuries of mining history in the Ruhr region that helped fuel the country's post-war "economic miracle".
Environment
Dec 19, 2018
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States cite climate worries in push to stop US coal sales
Four states that say burning coal will hurt their residents as it makes climate change worse are trying to stop the Trump administration from selling vast reserves of the fuel that are beneath public lands.
Environment
Dec 13, 2018
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Coal mining's future divides Poles ahead of climate talks
Electronics salesman Leszek Jaworowski says he can't discuss Poland's coal mining with his father. They end up at loggerheads, just like many families in the southern mining region of Silesia.
Environment
Nov 27, 2018
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An alternative to propping up coal power plants: Retrain workers for solar
The Trump administration announced new pollution rules for coal-fired power plants designed to keep existing coal power plants operating more and save American coal mining jobs.
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 23, 2018
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EU coal regions—opportunities and challenges ahead
Over the past few decades the production and consumption of coal in the EU has been in steady decline, due to the closure of coal mines and the phasing out of coal use for power generation.
Energy & Green Tech
Aug 1, 2018
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Mapping mountaintop coal mining's yearly spread in Appalachia
The coal industry may have declined in the last decade because of the rise of cheap natural gas, but a coal mining method called mountaintop removal is still taking place, particularly in central Appalachia.
Environment
Jul 25, 2018
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Coal mining reduces abundance, richness of aquatic life
Coal mining, under current US regulations, has significantly reduced the abundance and variety of fish, invertebrates, salamanders, and other aquatic life in streams, according to a new study from the University of Tennessee, ...
Environment
Apr 18, 2018
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New land motion map shows the human impact on the UK landscape
Researchers at the University of Nottingham who developed groundbreaking technology which was used to create the first country-wide land motion map of Scotland, have scored another first by creating a new UK-wide ground motion ...
Environment
Apr 11, 2018
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