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How the AI data center boom is breathing new life into dirty, old coal plants

Retired coal grid connections are a shortcut to place renewable and gas-fired power online more quickly.

Fortune

Stanford study reveals 'Generative AI' steals the most jobs in exposed industries like coding — usually from young professionals

Stanford’s latest research shows that generative AI is hitting young professionals hardest. Where have all the entry-level positions gone?

Windows Central

Poland to build Europe’s first of its kind small-scale nuclear power plant in Włocławek

Poland’s first small modular nuclear power plant, or SMR, will be built in Włocławek, energy company Orlen announced on Thursday, the first project of its kind in Europe.

Euronews

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Texas power plants and chemical companies benefit as Trump eases pollution rules, experts say

A two-year delay on new mercury rules benefits coal-fired power plants, while chemical plants got an exemption from stricter air pollution standards.

The Texas Tribune

South Africa’s new climate targets: balancing ambition with the realities of coal and climate finance

South Africa has scaled back its ambitions to cut down on the greenhouse emissions that come from burning fossil fuels and which cause global warming.

The Conversation

Fossil fuel extractors bend the world to their will – help fund the journalism that exposes them

Across the globe, oil, gas and coal companies use an ever-widening set of tactics to crush competition and opposition. With the world’s most powerful man helping them at every turn, it’s critical we reveal their full impact

The Guardian - UK

Fire still burning for custodians in fight against mine

A fire has kept burning on a coal mining lease for four years, with cultural custodians celebrating the anniversary with talks, music and ceremony.

AAP

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Miners from 1980s strikes return to picket line … at mining museum

Former coalminers join fellow museum staff in strike over pay which is due to last until mid-September

The Guardian - UK

Trump Administration Gives Coal Plants and Chemical Facilities a Pass

In Texas and across the nation, scores of coal-fired plants and petrochemical facilities are allowed to bypass toxic emission rules.

Capital & Main

A coal-fired plant in Michigan was to close. But Trump forced it to keep running at $1m a day

A town had big plans for the facility site, until the Trump administration ordered it to stay open, a move it extended this week

The Guardian - US

Coal prices weigh on Whitehaven as profit slides

A major Australian coal producer has reported better-than-expected production from its new mines, but price pressures cut into its full-year result.

AAP

Grid reliability gaps covered, if no project delays

Australia's investment pipeline for clean energy, storage and transmission to replace coal is "healthy", but project delays pose reliability questions.

AAP

Iamthemorning share new live video of Chalk And Coal as they add another goal to their Live at St Matthias release

Iamthemorning will release their Kickstarter-funded Live at St Matthias concert film and album book set and extended book set on September 5.

Louder

India Celebrates Clean Energy Milestone But Coal Still King

Non-fossil fuels now account for half of India's installed energy capacity -- years ahead of schedule -- but the third-largest greenhouse gas polluter remains deeply reliant on coal for electricity generation.

International Business Times

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The Guardian - AU

Voices arguing that climate action is a waste of time are getting louder. Here’s why they are wrong

Optimism may be hard to come by, but the evidence shows some progress on emissions is not just possible – it’s happening before our eyes

Benzinga

Peabody Energy Stock Surges After Scrapping $3.8 Billion Anglo American Coal Deal

Peabody Energy Corp. (NYSE:BTU) has abandoned its planned $3.8 billion purchase of steelmaking coal assets from Anglo American (OTC:AAUKF), citing a material adverse change following a March fire at the Moranbah North mine in Australia. The incident left the mine idled with no clear timeline for resuming longwall production.

The Independent UK

Coal ship explodes near site of Baltimore’s collapsed Key Bridge

No injuries have been reported after the large fireball was seen exploding into the air, authorities said.

AAP

BHP mulls mothballing coal mines over royalty regime

BHP has delivered record production across several metal groups, but sluggish commodity prices and one state's royalty regime have chiselled away at earnings.

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The Guardian - AU

Queensland premier rules out changes to coal royalty scheme despite pressure from mining industry

David Crisafulli says LNP ‘not touching’ policy charging rates among world’s highest, as conservationists rubbish industry claims levy causing downturn

The Guardian - UK

‘A structural dependence on heavy industry’: can South Korea wean itself off fossil fuels?

Renewables face a bureaucratic maze in a country built on top-down and carbon-intensive development

The Independent UK

Gas valve failure during routine maintenance work may have led to fatal explosion, US Steel says

U.S. Steel says preparations for a routine maintenance task may have led to an explosion at a U.S. Steel coal-processing plant near Pittsburgh that left two dead, sent 10 to hospitals and damaged part of the sprawling facility

The Guardian - AU

Plan to extend Queensland coalmine would bulldoze ‘critical’ koala habitat

Glencore says it is working with state and federal governments to minimise the impact of flora and fauna in the 680ha area west of Mackay

The Independent UK

Why is the future of Ukraine’s Donbas region becoming a key issue in peace talks?

Giving up the region will have ‘catastrophic consequences’, say experts

Newslaundry

The swagger’s gone: What the last two decades taught me about India’s fading growth dream

Because something is happening here but you don't know what it is Do you, Mr. Jones?– Bob Dylan, Ballad of a Thin Man, Highway 61 Revisited, 1965. I was offered my first job in Mumbai on a very rainy day in September 2005, a few weeks after we had celebrated the…

AAP

Rare earths race: plan to turn ash into critical metals

Researchers have come up with a bold plan to extract rare earth metals, critical to defence, technology and renewables, using coal mining waste.

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