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Australia in danger of 'carbon bubble'
Apr 30, 2013 (UPI)
Australia's coal sector could face a "carbon bubble" based on the internationally agreed-upon target of limiting global warming to 2 degrees Celsius, a new repo...
Greenpeace activists board coal ship off Australia reef
Apr 24, 2013 (AFP)
Six activists from conservation group Greenpeace boarded a coal carrier on the edge of the Great Barrier Reef Wednesday, calling for an end to exports of the fu...
Outside View: Coal exports save lives
Apr 04, 2013 (UPI)
The governors of Oregon and Washington have asked for unprecedented "life-cycle impact" analysis of five planned export terminals and the cargo being transporte...
Six dead, 11 missing, in new blast at China mine
Apr 01, 2013 (AFP)
A new explosion in a Chinese coal mine killed six people and left 11 missing Monday, three days after a blast killed 28 workers at the same mine, state media sa...
China mine blast kills 28: state media
Mar 30, 2013 (AFP)
A gas blast in a northeast China coal mine killed 28 people, authorities said Saturday, according to state media, the latest incident to damage the industry's n...
China mine accident kills 21: state media
Mar 12, 2013 (AFP)
An accident at a coal mine in southwest China killed 21 miners Tuesday, state media said, in the latest disaster to hit the country's troubled industry. Four ot...
Goldman Sachs pulls out from Pacific coal export project
Jan 10, 2013 (UPI)
Goldman Sachs has pulled out its investment in the proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal, expected to be the largest coal export terminal in North America. The inve...
China mine blast kills 17: state media
Dec 05, 2012 (AFP)
A gas blast in a southwest China coal mine left 17 people dead Wednesday, state press said of the latest accident in the dangerous industry. The explosion occur...
China mine blast toll rises to 23
Nov 26, 2012 (AFP)
The death toll from a blast at a mine in southwest China rose to 23 Monday after searchers found the body of the last missing miner, state press said. Rescue wo...
China mine blast kills 18: state media
Nov 24, 2012 (AFP)
An explosion at a mine in southwest China killed 18 people Saturday, state media said, the latest incident to hit the industry, which has a notoriously poor saf...
US shale gas drives up coal exports
Oct 30, 2012 (SPX)
US CO2 emissions from domestic energy have declined by 8.6% since a peak in 2005, the equivalent of 1.4% per year. However, the researchers warn that more than ...
Coal investment in Queensland unlikely
Oct 17, 2012 (UPI)
Mining giant BHP Billiton Chief Executive Officer Marius Kloppers said new investments in the coal sector in the Australian state of Queensland are unlikely und...
Australian coal projects mega polluters?
Sep 20, 2012 (UPI)
Proposed coal mining expansion in the Galilee Basin in the Australian state of Queensland could create more carbon pollution than the entire United Kingdom or C...
Australian coal basin may be top 10 polluter: Greenpeace
Sep 19, 2012 (AFP)
A coal basin near Australia's Great Barrier Reef will rank among the world's worst producers of carbon pollution if fully mined, Greenpeace said Wednesday as it...
Coal mining jobs slashed in Australia
Sep 10, 2012 (UPI)
Amid falling commodity prices and rising costs, two of Australia's mining giants announced cuts totaling 900 jobs. Xstrata Coal, said Monday it will cut 600 job...
China mine accident kills 10
Sep 08, 2012 (AFP)
Ten miners have been killed in an accident in a coal mine in northwest China, state media said Saturday, a week after an explosion killed 45 miners in another p...
China's Chalco scraps bid for Mongolia coal miner
Sep 04, 2012 (AFP)
China's biggest aluminium producer Chalco said it had scrapped a planned bid to take a majority stake in a Mongolian coal miner, after Mongolia's government opp...
Chinese coal mining a risk?
Sep 04, 2012 (UPI)
A series of coal mine accidents in China have called attention to the safety of the country's mining sector. Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua reported Monda...
Death toll in China mine blast rises to 43
Sep 01, 2012 (AFP)
The death toll from a gas explosion at a Chinese coal mine has risen to 43, state media reported Saturday, with three miners still remaining underground. Yang D...
China coal mine blast claims 26 lives: state media
Aug 30, 2012 (AFP)
The death toll from a gas explosion at a coal mine in southwest China has risen to 26 and rescue workers were trying to pull out another 21 still trapped underg...
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