Tag: coal
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I.E.A. Sees Oil, Gas and Coal Demand Peaking By 2030
[ad_1] For more than a century, the world’s appetite for fossil fuels has been expanding relentlessly, as humans have continued burning larger amounts of coal, oil and natural gas almost every year to power homes, cars and factories. But a remarkable shift may soon be at hand. The world’s leading energy agency now predicts that…
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Germany begins dismantling wind farm for coal
[ad_1] German energy giant RWE has begun dismantling a wind farm to make way for a further expansion of an open-pit lignite coal mine in the western region of North Rhine Westphalia. One wind turbine has already been dismantled, with a further seven scheduled for removal to excavate an additional 15m to 20m tonnes of…
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Craig Hamilton farewells the ABC: The story of a coal miner who became a broadcaster and a voice for suicide prevention
[ad_1] Craig Hamilton wasn’t always going to be a radio broadcaster. It’s fair to say that when he was practising cricket with his schoolmates on his parent’s dairy farm in Singleton, NSW, there was no thought of getting behind the microphone and later becoming an important voice in the national conversation around men and mental…
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Ukraine’s 2035 coal phase-out needs concrete plan now
[ad_1] In June, at a side event to the Ukraine Recovery Conference in London, Ukraine’s deputy minister of energy, Yaroslav Demchenkov, restated the country’s determination to close all of its state-owned coal plants by 2035. The plan was first announced in 2021 at COP26 in Glasgow — just months before Russia launched its full-scale invasion.…
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Coal Scam: HC Asks CBI to Respond to Appeal by Ex-coal Secy, Former Public Servant Challenging Three-year Jail
[ad_1] Published By: Aashi Sadana Last Updated: August 16, 2023, 23:54 IST The trial court had in July convicted and awarded three-year jail terms to Gupta, Kropha and former senior public servant K C Samria in the case. (File Photo) The CAG had initially estimated that the coal scam caused a massive loss of Rs…
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Coal miners speak out in support of strengthened silica dust exposure standards : NPR
[ad_1] At a hearing miners asked regulators to crack down on silica dust which causes lung cancer. They want rules to require more air monitoring and contain specifics about citations and fines. STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: For as long as people have gone down into coal mines, severe lung disease from silica dust has destroyed lives.…
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Kyrgyzstan’s brown coal production surges in 1H2023
[ad_1] BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan, August 7. The volume of Kyrgyzstan’s brown coal production amounted to 1.267 million tons from January through June 2023, which is 12.8 percent more than in the first half of 2022, Trend reports. According to the State Statistical Committee of Kyrgyzstan, brown coal production increased in June 2023. The country produced 163,200…
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China’s coal use increased to a record high in 2022, IEA says — Radio Free Asia
[ad_1] China’s coal consumption grew by 4.6% in 2022 to a new all-time high of 4.5 billion metric tons, dragging with it global coal demand offsetting declines in Europe and North America, a new report by an energy watchdog said. The coal market globally rose by 3.3% to hit a fresh new record of 8.3…
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Study shows methane leaks at drill sites can make natural gas operations ‘as bad as coal’
[ad_1] A new peer-reviewed paper to be published in Environmental Research Letters next week adds to the accumulation of studies demonstrating why our love affair with natural gas needs to be ended posthaste. (The study’s abstract can be read below.) For years, natural gas—composed primarily of methane—has been touted as a bridge fuel to a new world of sustainable…
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Iino Lines to install Norsepower rotor sail on coal carrier
[ad_1] Iino Lines Japanese shipping line Iino Kaiun Kaisha (Iino Lines) and J-Power have agreed to install Norsepower’s rotor sail on the 2016-built dedicated coal carrier Yodohime. This is the first time ever that a Norsepower rotor sail has been installed on a dedicated coal carrier. The installation will take place in the third…
