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Coal-addicted Poland gears for key UN climate talks
Nov 08, 2013 (AFP)
The UN climate talks opening in Warsaw next week will not be without a touch of irony. The chair of a high-stakes meeting to roll back greenhouse gases is none ...
Environmentalists urge scrapping of Borneo coal project
Nov 07, 2013 (UPI)
Environmentalists are calling for mining giant BHP Billiton to abandon coal mining in Indonesia's central Kalimantan province, also known as Borneo. At issue is...
Australia approves massive coalmine
Nov 04, 2013 (UPI)
Indian conglomerate GVK's massive coal mine project in central Queensland, Australia, has been granted environmental approval. The Kevin's Corner project, along...
US ends most financing of overseas coal projects
Oct 29, 2013 (AFP)
The United States said Tuesday it would end most financing of coal projects overseas, taking a potentially significant step to curbing carbon emissions blamed f...
Two China miners saved 10 days after flood, 10 confirmed dead
Oct 08, 2013 (AFP)
Two Chinese miners were rescued early Tuesday after 10 days trapped underground by a flood, state media reported, but the bodies of 10 others were found later i...
Calculating the true cost of a ton of mountaintop coal
Sep 16, 2013 (SPX)
To meet current U.S. coal demand through surface mining, an area of the Central Appalachians the size of Washington, D.C., would need to be mined every 81 days....
Ukraine designates 45 coal mines for sale in privatization push
Sep 11, 2013 (UPI)
Ukraine has designated 45 coal mines for privatization under a law adopted last year meant to modernize the country's chronically unprofitable coal sector. The ...
German coal mine turns village into ghost town
Sep 08, 2013 (AFP)
The cemetery has been relocated, the houses abandoned, the shop windows boarded up and the main street is deserted. The tiny western German ghost town of Immera...
India's 'Coalgate' deepens
Aug 27, 2013 (UPI)
A brewing scandal over missing government files related to coal mining blocs allocation is unsettling India's government. In an effort to defuse the situation, ...
Australia's coal sector enduring toughest operating environment
Aug 13, 2013 (UPI)
High costs in Australia are affecting the country's coal sector, say industry leaders. Citing the country's high costs of production amid falling coal prices, Q...
Greenpeace warns water pollution from German coal mining on the rise
Aug 12, 2013 (UPI)
The scenic waterways of the Spreewald eastern German natural area could remained choked with iron sludge from lignite coal mining for decades, Greenpeace says. ...
Greenpeace says Chinese coal company exploiting water
Jul 24, 2013 (UPI)
A major state-owned coal producer in China is exploiting water resources in Inner Mongolia at a "shocking scale," a Greenpeace report alleges. The environmental...
Major China coal plant drains lake, wells: Greenpeace
Jul 23, 2013 (AFP)
A major Chinese state-owned coal producer has caused "drastic drops" in groundwater near one of its projects, the environmental group Greenpeace said in a repor...
Troubled U.K. Coal enters administration in restructuring move
Jul 12, 2013 (UPI)
U.K. Coal, Britain's largest coal mining business, went into administration this week with some of its former and current workers hit with pension cuts. The str...
Report: Alpha Australian coal project is 'stranded'
Jun 20, 2013 (UPI)
Indian conglomerate GVK Group's $10 billion Alpha coal project in Australia's Galilee Basin is uneconomical, a report by the Institute of Energy Economic and Fi...
Germany's top court hears case against giant coal mine
Jun 04, 2013 (AFP)
Germany's top court began hearing a lawsuit Tuesday against mass property grabs to make way for an enormous coal mine with broad implications for the country's ...
China consumes almost as much coal as the rest of world combined
May 14, 2013 (UPI)
China consumes almost as much coal per year as the rest of the world combined, data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration show Wednesday. EIA said Chi...
Glencore Xstrata cancels coal export terminal plans
May 13, 2013 (UPI)
Glencore Xstrata is dropping plans for a $1 billion coal export terminal in Queensland, Australia, the company said. Port Waratah Coal Services, which operates ...
China mine accident kills 22: state media
May 11, 2013 (AFP)
An accidental explosion at a coal mine in southwest China killed 22 miners on Saturday, state media said, in the latest deadly incident to hit the country's tro...
Proposed U.S. Northwest coal export project scrapped
May 10, 2013 (UPI)
Kinder Morgan has shelved plans for a $200 million coal export terminal on the Columbia River in northern Oregon that would have exported up to 30 million tons ...
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