The small North Carolina town of Carrboro has initiated the country’s first climate accountability litigation against an electric utility. The lawsuit, filed on Wednesday, claims Duke Energy waged a “deception campaign” in order to obscure the climate hazards of fossil fuels. This led to delayed action in curbing planet-warming emissions, which caused the costs of […]
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) announced on Tuesday $428 million in grant funding for the building and expansion of green energy manufacturing in communities where coal mines have recently been decommissioned. The 14 projects in 15 United States coal communities were chosen by DOE’s Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains (MESC) and […]
Sometimes, sound tells a story. And what it says can be used to educate and improve environmental well-being. The “croaks, purrs, and grunts” of a thriving coral reef and the “underground rave concert of bubbles and clicks” of healthy soil have both been recorded by scientists to boost ecosystem health. Now, in a new piece […]
UK High Court Justice David Holgate ruled on Friday against a controversial coal plant project, which would have been the country’s first new coal plant in 30 years. At the end of 2022, the UK government had approved the West Cumbria Mining coal plant, planned for Whitehaven, Cumbria, despite the government’s climate advisors warning against […]
The first half of 2024 saw new coal-fired power plant approvals fall significantly in China, a new report by Greenpeace East Asia said. A series of permits in the past two years had raised concerns about how committed the country’s government was to limiting climate change, reported The Associated Press. An analysis of project documents […]
From January through July of this year, wind and solar in the U.S. generated more net electricity than power from coal, according to recent data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). According to the EIA’s Monthly Energy Review for July 2024, electricity net generation from renewable energy outpaced coal for the first seven months […]
A new report by Fashion Revolution — What Fuels Fashion? 2024 Edition — has found that nearly a quarter of the biggest fashion brands in the world — like DKNY, Tom Ford and Reebok — have no public decarbonization plan. The report also revealed the brands lacked transparency in several important areas. “Nearly a quarter […]
“Coal is the heart and soul of modernity.” Orville Schell is talking about the long history of coal mining, as represented in a major section of the exhibit “COAL + ICE” on view in New York City through August 11. Schell is vice president of the Asia Society, where the exhibit is mounted, and coal was […]
China’s National Energy Administration and the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) have announced a plan to increase financing for emissions reduction projects at coal-fired power plants. Construction will start next year on some of the projects, which will include green ammonia and the burning of biomass, with a goal of reducing emissions by 20 […]
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