Sunday night softball game turns violent with group assault at Coal Street Park
WILKES-BARRE, PA – A Sunday night softball game at Coal Street Park ended in violence when a 28-year-old man was attacked by a group of …
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Biden Admin, Allies Offer Billions To Stop Asian Country From Using Coal: REPORT
Biden Admin, Allies Offer Billions To Stop Asian Country From Using Coal: REPORT Jack McEvoy on December 7, 2022 The Group of Seven Wealthy Nations …
BlackRock tells UK ‘no’ to halting investment in coal, oil and gas
LONDON (Reuters) – BlackRock, the world’s biggest asset manager, told a British parliamentary committee that it will not stop investing in coal, oil and gas, …
Shocked by gas bills, thrifty Dutch stockpile coal, wood for winter
By Stephanie van den Berg VEENENDAAL, Netherlands (Reuters) – The budget-conscious Dutch, who enjoyed abundant cheap gas for half a century to heat their homes, …
Exclusive-German government sees problems with coal, oil supplies -document
By Markus Wacket BERLIN (Reuters) – Germany’s government is concerned about possible problems with the coal supply for power plants in the autumn and winter …
Manchin May Be Handing EPA The Ability To Circumvent SCOTUS, Throttle The Coal Industry
Manchin May Be Handing EPA The Ability To Circumvent SCOTUS, Throttle The Coal Industry Jack McEvoy on August 1, 2022 The new reconciliation bill backed …
Biden’s EPA Will Use New Regulations To Bury Coal Industry
Biden’s EPA Will Use New Regulations To Bury Coal Industry Jack McEvoy on July 29, 2022 President Joe Biden’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is placing …
Manchin’s Spending Bill Shafts Coal Miners With Massive Tax Hike
Manchin’s Spending Bill Shafts Coal Miners With Massive Tax Hike Jack McEvoy on July 28, 2022 Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, the nation’s …
Biden Issues Climate Ultimatum As China Races To Build New Coal Plants
Biden Issues Climate Ultimatum As China Races To Build New Coal Plants Jack McEvoy on July 20, 2022 President Joe Biden declared that he would …
Exclusive-India’s top cement maker paying for Russian coal in Chinese yuan
By Sudarshan Varadhan, Aftab Ahmed and Nupur Anand NEW DELHI – India’s biggest cement producer, UltraTech Cement, is importing a cargo of Russian coal and …
At Australia mine, Glencore balances reforestation drive, coal profit
By Praveen Menon HUNTER VALLEY, Australia – At Glencore’s aging Mt Owen open-cut coal mines north of Sydney, a team of scientists and engineers is …
Spot Australian thermal coal has surged, but contract price is key: Russell
By Clyde Russell LAUNCESTON, Australia – The spot price of Australian thermal coal is higher than that of coking coal, an unprecedented situation that highlights …
Coal Use, Especially In China, Is Poised To Wipe Out 17 Years Worth Of US Emissions Progress
Coal Use, Especially In China, Is Poised To Wipe Out 17 Years Worth Of US Emissions Progress Jack McEvoy on June 27, 2022 Rising emissions …
German sugar maker Suedzucker to raise prices, shift to coal power -report
BERLIN – German sugar producer Suedzucker plans “significant” price hikes to offset rising costs and prepares to shift to coal as Russian gas supplies to …
Europe Runs Back To Coal After Putin Cuts Off Natural Gas
Europe Runs Back To Coal After Putin Cuts Off Natural Gas Micaela Burrow on June 21, 2022 European nations are firing up idled coal-powered plants …
Exclusive-India’s Tata Steel bought 75,000 tonnes of Russian coal in May – sources
By Sudarshan Varadhan and Aftab Ahmed NEW DELHI -India’s top steelmaker Tata Steel imported about 75,000 tonnes of coal from Russia in the second half …
Dutch insurer NN Group expects to bring forward coal investment exit
By Jessica DiNapoli DAVOS, Switzerland – NN Group NV expects to accelerate its deadline to exit coal investments, now set at 2030, due to fears …
Analysis-U.S. coal companies struggle to cash in on Europe crunch
By Timothy Gardner WASHINGTON – U.S. coal producers are seeking to boost exports to cash in on soaring prices since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine but …
China’s thermal coal futures mute as Beijing reins in commodity inflation
BEIJING – Trade in China’s thermal coal futures has almost come to a halt, after Beijing stepped up its control of coal prices to rein …
China’s April coal output leaps 11% on year, but demand downturn looms
BEIJING – China’s daily coal output in April jumped 11% from the same month a year earlier, boosted by Beijing’s order to increase supply to …
China April coal imports soar, driven by panic orders in early March
BEIJING – China’s coal imports surged 43% in April from March, driven by panic buying over concerns of supply disruptions stemming from Russia’s invasion of …
China state planner sets out irregular price-pushing behaviours for coal
BEIJING – China’s state planner warned domestic thermal coal producers and traders on Saturday not to hoard stock or engage in a list of other …
‘Too early’ to say if Poland will seek EU approval for more coal subsidies – minister
By Marek Strzelecki and Kate Abnett WARSAW – It is too early to say if Poland will ask the European Union for approval to extend …
Virginia equipment company owner sentenced, fined $50,000 for role in scheme to defraud Roundup coal mine
BILLINGS — A Virginia equipment company owner who admitted to defrauding Signal Peak Energy, LLC, which operates a coal mine near Roundup, of nearly $250,000 …
Australia’s Whitehaven Coal output falls on labour crunch
(Reuters) – Australia’s Whitehaven Coal Ltd reported a 5% drop in third-quarter production on Wednesday as adverse weather and a labour shortage worsened by COVID-19 …
Balkans turns to coal as energy crisis trumps climate commitments
By Fatos Bytyci and Ognen Teofilovski OSLOMEJ, North Macedonia – Balkan nations in southeast Europe are turning to coal as they try to tackle a …
Eyeing green vote, Macron vows to exit oil, coal and gas
By Michel Rose MARSEILLE, France – President Emmanuel Macron promised on Saturday to make France the “first great nation” to stop using oil, coal and …
German coal importers expect a brief spike in prices on EU ban
FRANKFURT – A European Union embargo on Russian coal imports will push up prices in the short term before alternative supplies become available to steady …
Chinese capital sees energy consumption peak, weaned off coal by 2035
SINGAPORE – The Chinese capital Beijing will largely wean itself off coal by 2035, when its total energy use is expected to peak at the …
Former Coal Company Vice President Arrested and Charged with Foreign Bribery, Money Laundering, and Wire Fraud
WASHINGTON – A former coal company executive was arrested today on charges of violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), laundering funds, and receiving kickbacks …
Scottish Widows cuts out $2 billion of tobacco, coal investments
LONDON – British pensions provider Scottish Widows will no longer invest in tobacco stocks and will cut back further on coal investments as it expands …
EU’s biggest economy Germany blocked Russian coal ban, sources say
By Francesco Guarascio BRUSSELS – In the early stages of sanctions drafting against Moscow, one idea gained traction in Brussels – a ban on the …
Australia bans alumina exports to Russia, sources coal for Ukraine
– Australia has imposed an immediate ban on exports of alumina and aluminum ores, including bauxite, to Russia, the government said on Sunday as part …
Raleigh County Man Pleads Guilty to Damaging a Coal Mine
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Raleigh County man pleaded guilty to damaging a coal mine. According to court documents, Ricky Sprouse, 46, of Naoma, admitted damaging …
Two Sentenced for Cheating on Coal Mine Dust Sampling
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Last week, in United States District Court in Louisville, Kentucky, Steve DeMoss and Ron Ivy, two former mine managers, were sentenced for …
Insurer AIG steps back from coal, Arctic energy underwriting
– U.S. insurer American International Group said on Tuesday it would no longer provide underwriting services and investments for the construction of any new coal-fired …
Fayette County Man Pleads Guilty to Damaging Coal Mine
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – A Fayette County man pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the destruction of an energy facility. According to court documents, Earnest Wriston, …
Europe To Rely More On Coal As Natural Gas Demand Fades
Europe is set to rely more heavily on coal production in 2022 as liquified natural gas demand decreases due to heightened tensions with Russia, according …
Signal Peak Energy fined $1 million, sentenced to three years of probation for violating environmental, worker safety regulations at Roundup coal mine
BILLINGS — Signal Peak Energy LLC, which admitted to willful violation of health and safety standards at its underground coal mine near Roundup by failing …
World’s Biggest Coal Port Transitions To Wind Energy
The largest global coal port announced it would decarbonize within two decades and switch to renewable power, ultimately transitioning away from its current business model. …
Global Coal Power Set For All-Time High In ‘Worrying Sign,’ Top Energy Group Says
Global coal power generation could hit an all-time high due to increased production at plants in China, India and the U.S., according to an annual …
Former Signal Peak Mine official admits conspiring to not report coal mine accidents that injured workers
BILLINGS – A former official for Signal Peak Mine, LLC, which operates an underground coal mine near Roundup, today admitted allegations that he conspired with …
China Credits Increased Coal Production For Recent Economic Boost
The Chinese government credited recent energy “policy measures,” including increased coal production, for the increased manufacturing activity boosting its economy. “In November, power shortages eased …
China Ramps Up Coal Production Despite Its Climate Promises
The Chinese government ordered its domestic coal suppliers to ramp up production and rubber-stamped approvals for new mines as the country faces an energy crisis, …
Coal Power To Increase For First Time Since 2014, US Says
U.S. coal-fired power generation is projected to increase this year for the first time since 2014, the federal government said in a report Monday. The …
AP: Sayonara coal! Protesters at climate summit target Japan
Protesters at the global climate summit in Madrid protest Japan’s use of coal-fired power plants.