Coal dust turns white snow black in Siberian town
A Siberian coal mining town has gotten a blanket of black snow, a regular occurrence in the region known for high industrial pollution levels.
Environment
Feb 18, 2019
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China's regulations unsuccessful in curbing methane emissions: study
China, already the world's leading emitter of human-caused greenhouse gases, continues to pump increasing amounts of climate-changing methane into the atmosphere despite tough new regulations on gas releases from its coal ...
Environment
Jan 29, 2019
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Fossil fuel era is ending, but the lawsuits are just beginning
"Coal is dead."
Environment
Jan 18, 2019
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With emotional goodbye, Germany shutters last black coal mine (Update)
Germany closed its last black coal mine on Friday, paying an emotional tribute to a 200-year-old industry that once fuelled the country's economic growth but lost the battle against cheaper foreign competitors.
Environment
Dec 21, 2018
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Environment
Dec 19, 2018
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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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