#coal

The real cost of coal mines to people and planet https://phys.org/news/2026-09-real-coal-people-planet.html #environment #fossilfuel #fossilfuels #coal #mining

We can finally measure the damage each new coal, gas or oil project will do to people and nature https://phys.org/news/2026-09-coal-gas-oil-people-nature.html #nature #environment #health #PublicHealth #fossilfuel #fossilfuels #coal #gas #oil

The green light for the largest coalmine in NSW history is shocking proof that our governance systems are betraying Australians https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/oct/01/nsw-coalmine-approval-hunter-valley-climate-crisis-lock-the-gate #Australia #NSW #environment #fossilfuel #fossilfuels #coal #mining

UK banks are Europe’s biggest coal financiers, report finds https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/sep/30/uk-banks-are-europe-biggest-providers-coal-financing-report-finds #Europe #UnitedKingdom #UK #banks #coal

Classic Trump sleight-of-hand and misdirection. Xi Jinping & Donald Trump agreed for China to buy 10m tonnes of US #coal in 2027 and 2028. BUT in 2024, we exported 12m tonnes to China. When Trump put tariffs on China, they stopped buying it and it dropped to zero. So Trump breaks something and then claims success when he seems to fix it. And 10m tonnes is about 2% of US coal production, so this is no boost to the dying US coal industry. https://www.carbonbrief.org/china-briefing-1-october-2026-xi-trump-summit-trade-war-plea-strongest-el-nino

"In April of last year, the Trump administration paused the enforcement of a rule designed to help protect coal miners from an aggressive form of coal workers’ pneumoconiosis, commonly known as black lung disease, the primary cause of which is exposure to silica dust...This April, the Labor Department’s Mine Safety and Health Administration announced an indefinite delay in enforcement of the rule." https://kffhealthnews.org/rural-health/coal-miners-black-lung-disease-silicosis-silica-dust-pneumoconiosis-trump-west-virginia/ #PublicHealth #OccHealth #coal #mining #RuralHealth #USpol

Pure idiocracy.. ‘Do you have to be dead?’: US coalminers plead for benefits as black-lung disease cases surge https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/sep/20/us-coalminers-black-lung-disease #UnitedStates #USA #US #environment #fossilfuel #fossilfuels #coal #mining #politics #USpol #health #PublicHealth

The Trump administration is rescinding climate controls on coal and gas-fired power plants, one of its most aggressive moves so far to unwind U.S. environmental regulations. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/environment/2026/09/15/energy/trump-epa-regulations-power-plants/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #environment #energy #emissions #environment #epa #climatechange #us #donaldtrump #republicans #coal #gas #fossilfuels

Trump's forced coal plant extensions thrown out by judge https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/09/court-rejects-governments-energy-emergency-that-kept-coal-plant-open/ #environment #fossilfuel #fossilfuels #coal #Trump #USpol

Failed environmental safeguards leave coastal Bangladesh facing coal pollution https://news.mongabay.com/2026/08/failed-environmental-safeguards-leave-coastal-bangladesh-facing-coal-pollution/ #Bangladesh #environment #fossilfuel #fossilfuels #coal #pollution

Today in Labor History August 23, 1927: Sacco and Vanzetti, two Italian immigrant anarchists living in the U.S., were executed murder during a botched robbery in Boston. However, there was no evidence linking them to the crime. They both had alibis, too, including an official at the Italian consulate. Their trial was rife with racism and political bias. The judge, Webster Thayer, said the following about Vanzetti: "This man, although he may not have actually committed the crime attributed to him, is nevertheless morally culpable, because he is the enemy of our existing institutions." The jury foreman, who was a former cop, said he didn’t care if they were innocent: "Damn them. They ought to hang anyway." The author, John Dos Passos, who came to Boston to cover the trial as a journalist, was arrested at a solidarity protest along with writer Dorothy Parker. Einstein, H.G. Wells, and Bernard Shaw all appealed for Sacco and Vanzetti lives. The IWW called for a 3-day nationwide General Strike, which was heeded by 1,132 out of the 1,167 miners in Colorado’s Walsenburg coal district, leading to the Colorado coal strike of 1927. The day after their execution, there were violent demonstrations around the world, including in Tokyo, Geneva, London, and Paris. In South America, wildcat solidarity strikes completely shut down many factories. In Germany, 3 protesters were shot dead. In Boston, over 200,000 came to the funeral procession. Upton Sinclair’s novel, “Boston,” explores the trial, and Vanzetti's life. Woody Guthrie recorded a series of songs known as the Ballads of Sacco & Vanzetti. In 1971, Joan Baez recorded her song "Here's to You," with music composed by Ennio Morricone, a tribute to Sacco & Vanzetti that went on to become a symbol for the human rights movement of the 1970s. #workingclass #LaborHistory #anarchism #saccoandvanzetti #IWW #coal #miners #strike #generalstrike #solidarity #riot #author #writer #books #fiction @bookstadon@a.gup.pe

”[Droughts worsened by climate change] exposed the vulnerability of Zambia and Zimbabwe’s hydropower-dependent electricity systems, triggering severe power shortages and renewing interest in coal.” But: “Thousands of households and businesses have installed rooftop solar systems to reduce dependence on the unreliable national grid.” https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/climate-shocks-hit-hydropower-in-southern-africa-reviving-interest-in-coal/ #Climate #ClimateCrisis #Drought #Hydropower #Water #Renewables #Coal #FossilFuels #Electricity

Australia's #coal consumption is about the same as Germany but we have a much smaller population #auspol #energytransition #renewableenergy https://www.visualcapitalist.com/the-countries-that-consume-the-most-coal/ Crossposted with @openvibe@mastodon.social

China’s solar surge nears historic milestone – even as Beijing slams brakes on sheer scale Solar is poised to overtake coal as China’s largest source of installed power capacity this year, as Beijing… #Economy #Beijing #China #ChinaPhotovoltaicIndustryAssociation #coal #NationalDevelopmentandReformCommission #NationalEnergyAdministration #People'sDaily #ShenXinyi #solar #StateAdministrationforMarketRegulation #WangBohua #windpower https://www.europesays.com/3162205/

Please submit your objection to this monster coal mine expansion today. The emissions from this project (over a biollion tonnes of CO2) are equivalent to 2.5x the annual emissions for Australia. How to guide here: https://www.lockthegate.org.au/hvo_ipc_submissions https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/jul/26/hunter-valley-operations-biggest-coalmine-extension-nsw-planning-commission #ClimateChange #Coal #emissions #HunterValley

"Data centres, coal mine extensions and methane are snags to NSW reaching net zero targets." "All emissions associated with these projects make achieving the emissions reduction targets harder....The NSW Net Zero Commission (NZC) annual progress report found the state is falling increasingly further behind on reducing emissions." >> https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-23/net-zero-authority-nsw-annual-report-coal-data-impacts/106948568 #climate #NSW #coal #meat #DataCentres #water #extractivism #pollution

Bank of England to stop accepting bonds linked to coal for key loans By Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent Campaigners hope move will force commercial banks to rethink holding assets linked to the fossil fuel https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jul/19/bank-of-england-bonds-coal-loans-assets #BankofEngland #Energyindustry #Banking #Business #Coal #Energy #Environment #UKnews #Fossilfuels #TheGuardian #KalyeenaMakortoffBankingcorrespondent

People power wins in Türkiye! A court has cancelled the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) approval for new units at the Afşin-Elbistan A coal plant, citing serious risks to health, water and land. A major step toward a coal phase-out and a just transition ahead of COP31. #coal #Türkiye #climatechange #climatecrisis #endcoal #climate #health

Coal pollution reaches one of Earth's most remote mountain regions https://phys.org/news/2026-06-coal-pollution-earth-remote-mountain.html #environment #fossilfuel #fossilfuels #coal #pollution