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Biden-Harris Admin Announces $428M for Former Coal Communities to Expand Clean Energy Manufacturing

Biden-Harris Admin Announces $428M for Former Coal Communities to Expand Clean Energy Manufacturing

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 […]

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    COAL + ICE: An Expansive Climate Breakdown Exhibit

    COAL + ICE: An Expansive Climate Breakdown Exhibit

    “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 to Increase Funding for Coal Emissions Reduction Projects

    China to Increase Funding for Coal Emissions Reduction Projects

    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 […]

    Solar and Wind Projects Under Construction in China Have 2x the Capacity of the Rest of the World’s Renewable Energy Projects Combined: Report

    Solar and Wind Projects Under Construction in China Have 2x the Capacity of the Rest of the World’s Renewable Energy Projects Combined: Report

    Renewable energy projects are rapidly expanding in China, so much so that the country has double the amount of renewable capacity under construction compared to all other countries combined, a new analysis from the non-governmental organization Global Energy Monitor has revealed. According to the analysis, China currently has 180 gigawatts of utility-scale solar power and […]

    Four Out of Five People Want Increased Climate Action, UN Poll Says

    Four Out of Five People Want Increased Climate Action, UN Poll Says

    According to a new global survey of 75,000 people — Peoples’ Climate Vote 2024 — 80 percent want their governments’ climate commitments to be stronger. The poll, conducted by the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), GeoPoll and Oxford University, posed 15 questions via telephone to residents of 77 countries that represented 87 percent of the […]

    ‘Monumental Decision’: Biden Admin Proposes Ending Coal Leasing in Nation’s Most Productive Mining Area

    ‘Monumental Decision’: Biden Admin Proposes Ending Coal Leasing in Nation’s Most Productive Mining Area

    The United States Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has proposed the ending of new coal leases on federal land in Montana and Wyoming’s Powder River Basin (PRB) — the nation’s most productive area for the highly polluting fossil fuel. The new proposal would regulate millions of acres of mineral reserves on […]

    G7 Nations Agree to End Coal Use by 2035, With Caveats

    G7 Nations Agree to End Coal Use by 2035, With Caveats

    Energy ministers of the Group of Seven largest economies in the developed world — Germany, France, Canada, Japan, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States — have announced an agreement to permanently close coal-fired power plants by 2030 to 2035, or on a timeline that supports the global heating limit of 1.5 degrees Celsius […]