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West Virginia's Mooney runs for Congress but aims at Manchin

West Virginia Republican U.S. Rep. Alex Mooney is facing Democrat Barry Wendell in the race for a seat representing the state's 2nd Congressional District

The Independent UK

Floods and fires make climate change a top worry for most people, report finds

A majority of Australians are worried about climate change, according to the latest Climate of the Nation report.

The New Daily

Central Queensland coal miner tells parliamentary committee industry has paid 'lip service' to safety

Moranbah coal miner Scott Leggett puts his job on the line to call out the safety culture within the industry.

ABC News

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Two units offline at Qld coal power plant

A cooling tower collapse has taken another generation unit offline at a major Queensland coal power plant which already has one unit out of action until April.

AAP

How coal miners and factory workers helped found the environmental movement

Rachel Carson, a scientist and writer from rural Pennsylvania, published Silent Spring 60 years ago. Many credit this book, which meticulously documented the damage that DDT pesticides were inflicting on wildlife, farm animals and people as early as the 1950s, with launching the modern environmental movement.

The Conversation

Two Instagram influencers killed in horror smash with lorry on way to friend's party

Letícia Hordones, 26, and 21-year-old Júlia Noara died after crashing head-first into a lorry carrying coal that had reportedly overturned on a highway in Brazil

Daily Mirror

Turkish court formally arrests eight over deadly mine blast -Anadolu

A Turkish court ordered the formal arrest of eight people in relation to an explosion in a coal mine that killed 41 people in October, state-owned Anadolu news agency said late on Monday.

Reuters

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Activists warn gas leaks leave Qld groundwater at risk

Queensland's groundwater is at risk of being contaminated by leaks from rusting coal seam gas wells in the state's west, activists warn.

The New Daily

Mark McGowan says WA 'likely' to need imported coal amid rising concerns over electricity grid

Mark McGowan says it is likely Western Australia will be forced to import coal from New South Wales to power the electricity grid over the coming years.

ABC News

Rusting Qld gas wells leaked: activists

Queensland activists have obtained documents showing some coal seam gas wells have been leaking due to rust, which they say could be a widespread problem.

AAP

LG&E’s ‘not actionable’ energy plan earned poor marks from regulators

WEKU

New documents reveal corrosion, leaking in coal seam gas wells, raising contamination fears

Significant corrosion and leaking has been detected in a number of coal seam gas wells in Queensland, and an engineering academic is now concerned about the potential contamination of groundwater and crops.

ABC News

Huge new tri-modal Yorkshire site eyes links with Leeds and Humber ports by water, rail and road

£54m land deal done for Konect 62, planned for a former coal mine by the Aire and Calder Navigation and strategic freight network

Birmingham Post

Collinsville community sceptical major renewable energy project will go ahead

A multi-billion-dollar renewable energy project to be built on the doorstep of Collinsville that will deliver green ammonia to Korea is the latest in a line-up of developments slated for the former coal town, but residents say they'll believe it when they see it.

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The New Daily

The Australian jobs on the rise, and the ones disappearing

The jobs that lost the most workers and the jobs that gained the most workers are like a canary in the coal mine, writes Simon Kuestenmacher.

Reuters

Poland picks U.S. offer for its first nuclear power plant -PM

U.S. firm Westinghouse Electric Co will build Poland's first nuclear power plant, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Friday, confirming a long-awaited decision aiming to reduce the country's carbon emissions and phase out coal.

Newcastle Herald

Climate arguments against fossil fuels get stronger, but so does demand for Hunter coal

Squaring the circle on coal and energy

The Guardian - US

Kentucky coalminer goes viral over picture of him at son’s basketball game

Michael McGuire hurried after work to watch game, still wearing his uniform and covered in soot

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Newcastle Herald

Resources Minister says Labor stands behind coal projects on road to zero emissions

Resources Minister faces protesters before addressing Hunter Coal Festival lunch

Newcastle Herald

Protesters have minister in their sights at Hunter coal lunch

Hunter environment groups will protest at a Hunter mining leaders lunch in Singleton Friday, which will be attended by federal resources minister Madeleine King.

AAP

Heritage halts NSW coal mine expansion

Glencore's application to expand its Glendell coal mine has been refused by a NSW planning panel, citing irreversible damage to Aboriginal cultural heritage.

ABC News

Expansion of Glencore mine in NSW Hunter Valley refused by IPC

Glencore's Glendell coal mine expansion aimed to extract an additional 135 million tonnes of coal at a site that is culturally significant to Wonnarua people.

Daily Mirror

Arthur Scargill back on the picket line outside coal mining museum to support strikers

The former president of the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) stood with striking staff locked in a pay dispute with the National Coal Mining Museum for England

Al Jazeera

Ukraine war to speed shift to green energy, IEA says

Energy crisis is leading to policy changes and more investment in green energy amid sanctions on Russia’s supplies.

The Independent UK

Soot-covered coal miner goes viral for taking family to basketball game straight after shift

‘From what I’ve been told, after his shift, he raced to be with his son and watch our team’

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