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Blackouts UK: What to expect and who would be exempt?

The National Grid warned there could be blackouts on ‘very very cold winter days’

The Independent UK

COP27: Which countries will push to end fossil fuel production? And which won't?

Fossil fuels have provided a crucial source of energy over the past 200 years. But they also account for 75 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, enable massive environmental destruction and support many brutal regimes.

The Conversation

Research: Cutting Coal Offers Significant Health Benefits However Environmental justice Issues Remain

According to a recent study that used data from Texas and nearby states, the most popular methods for cutting greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generation also have enough positive effects on health to pay for themselves entirely. Read more on Dynamite News

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No risk of blackouts despite breakdown of ‘old-fashioned’ power station, Queensland minister says

Latest incident at coal-fired power station Callide reignites debate about their future and transition to renewable energy

The Guardian - AU

White House defends Biden’s end-of-coal comments Manchin derided

The White House sought to reframe comments by President Joe Biden on closing coal plants as part of a U.S. “energy transition,” responding to harsh criticism by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., days before midterm elections with Democratic congressional majorities at stake.

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Entire state's power system on the brink as Indian loan to Aussie miner Griffin Coal turns toxic

A giant Indian bank sits behind a slow-moving Australian energy disaster. It's a tale about billion-dollar bets gone terribly wrong, failed international ambitions and a clash of finance cultures.

ABC News

White House defends Biden’s end-of-coal comments Manchin derided

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Manchin slams Biden’s ‘outrageous’ remarks on end of coal

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., called President Joe Biden’s suggestion that U.S. coal plants would shut down “outrageous and divorced from reality,” slamming his fellow Democrat three days before midterm elections where the party’s congressional majorities are at stake.

Tribune News Service

Manchin: Biden's coal comments are 'divorced from reality'

President Joe Biden is being criticized by a powerful fellow Democrat, West Virginia Sen_ Joe Manchin, for being "cavalier” and “divorced from reality.”

The Independent UK

Sen. Joe Manchin condemns Biden's "offensive and disgusting" remarks on coal plants

Manchin said Biden's comments "ignore the severe economic pain the American people are feeling because of rising energy costs."

Axios

Winter blackout: What to expect and who would be exempt?

The National Grid warned there could be blackouts on ‘very very cold winter days’

The Independent UK

Maryland sites are among most polluting coal ash waste dumps in the nation, study finds

BALTIMORE — A coal ash waste dump in Prince George’s County is among the most polluting in the nation, according to a new report from environmental groups.

Tribune News Service

COP27: a year on from the Glasgow climate pact, the world is burning more fossil fuels than ever

The burning of fossil fuels caused 86% of all CO₂ emissions during the past ten years. Despite being the primary culprits of global heating, coal, oil and gas were barely mentioned in the official texts of previous UN climate change summits.

The Conversation

Tanya Plibersek to reassess 18 proposed oil and gas projects to consider their climate change impact

Queensland environment group had asked federal minister to revisit decisions made going back to 2011

The Guardian - AU

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Newcastle Herald

Mount Pleasant among big coal and gas projects in legal limbo

People can help ensure "environmental law accounts for the reality of climate change".

ABC News

Coal and gas projects to be reassessed after conservation group wins legal bid on climate change impacts

Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek will reassess 18 major coal and gas project proposals following a legal application submitted by a Queensland conservation group.

AAP

Qld residents assured on power supply

One of Queensland's newest coal power stations is slowly bringing half its generation units back online after a series of equipment failures this week.

Reuters

Colombia congress approves $3.9 billion tax reform, raising duties on oil

Colombia's Congress on Thursday finished approving a tax reform set to raise an additional 20 trillion pesos ($3.98 billion) for the next four years, partially through increased duties on top exports oil and coal.

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AAP

PM promises action on power price relief

The prime minister is promising to take action against energy companies who don't pass on massive profits to Australian households in the form of savings.

The Conversation

COP27 must work out how to cut carbon and still develop African economies

Averting a climate disaster without compromising economic growth and development is a key issue for African countries. Energy production and use is the single biggest contributor to global warming, accounting for roughly two-thirds of human-induced greenhouse gas emissions. Yet, electricity use and access are strongly correlated with economic development.

The Independent UK

Ukraine war: boost or setback for climate efforts?

About 1,000 miles away from Ukraine, Luetzerath is an indirect victim of the war as the town will soon make way for the expansion of a nearby coal mine

The Guardian - UK

‘From coal tips to willow tits’: post-industrial Greater Manchester’s new nature reserve

The Flashes of Wigan and Leigh’s protected status is a reward for rewilding former coal-mining landscapes

Reuters

Five dead after methane leak at ArcelorMittal coal mine in Kazakhstan

Five people died and four others were hospitalised after a methane gas leak at an ArcelorMittal coal mine in Kazakhstan on Thursday, the company said.

AAP

Qld BHP workers launch industrial action

Workers at four BHP-Mitsubishi Alliance coal mines in central Queensland have launched industrial action in a dispute over job security.

The Guardian - AU

Conservatives insist policies to cut emissions drive up power bills. There’s net zero evidence for that

The International Energy Agency has laid to rest the persistent myth that net zero policies are responsible for soaring energy prices

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